Elmgreen & Dragset - Contemporary Art Day Sale London Thursday, February 12, 2015 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen

  • Exhibited

    Malmö Konsthall, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, This is the first day of my life, 10 March - 6 May, 2007 (another example exhibited)
    Nice, Musee d´Art Moderne et d`Art Contemporain, The Sickness of the Hunting: Part 1, 2008
    La Biennale di Venezia, 53rd International Art Exhibition, Making Worlds, The Danish & Nordic Pavillions, Elmgreen & Dragset: The Collectors, June-November, 2009 (another example exhibited)
    Kiev, Pinchuk Art Centre, Sexuality and Transcendence, 24 April 2010 - 19 September 2010

  • Literature

    exh. cat., The Sickness of the Hunting: Part 1, Musee d´Art Moderne et d`Art Contemporain, Nice, 2008
    exh. cat., Malmö Konsthall, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, This is the first day of my life, Ostfildern, 2007, p. 306 ( another example illustrated);
    exh. cat., La Biennale di Venezia, 53rd International Art Exhibition, Making Worlds, The Danish & Nordic Pavillions, Elmgreen & Dragset: The Collectors, Venice, 2009, p. 28 (another example illustrated)

  • Catalogue Essay

    'We question the world around us, and hope that other people are interested in the same questions, or are at least a little inspired to pose their own. If we were after a "world revolution" it would be wiser to choose a different medium than art. Art cannot be measured by its outcome. Its lack of direct effect is what makes it urgent in this world that is so focused on efficiency and results.'

    - Elmgreen & Dragset

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Marriage

2004
mirrors, porcelain sinks, taps, stainless steel tube, soap
178 x 168 x 81 cm (70 1/8 x 66 1/8 x 31 7/8 in.)
This work is from a series of 3 unique versions plus 1 artist's proof.

Estimate
£40,000 - 60,000 

Sold for £43,750

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Henry Highley
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Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 13 February 2015 2pm