Cildo Meireles - New Now London Thursday, July 13, 2023 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Kassel, Documenta Halle, Documenta IX, 13 June - 20 September 1992
    London, Tate Modern; Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Art Gallery of Ontario, Cildo Meireles, 14 October 2008 - 27 June 2010, pp. 15, 68, 149, 164, 166, 183 (illustrated, pp. 165, 167)

  • Literature

    Paulo Herkenhoff, Gerardo Mosquera and Dan Cameron, Cildo Meireles, London, 1999, p. 73 (illustrated on the cover and pp. 74-75)

122

Mètres (Sources)

(i-ii-iii) stamped with the artist's initials, inscribed and dated 'FONTES CM 92' at either end
(iv) stamped with the artist's initials, inscribed and dated 'FONTES CM 92' at one end

wood rulers with metal hinges, in 4 parts
each 200 x 1.6 cm (78 3/4 x 0 5/8 in.)
Executed in 1989-2008.

Estimate
£10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for £17,780

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Associate Specialist, Head of New Now
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London Auction 13 July 2023