Private Collection, United States Dorotheum, Vienna, June 10, 2015, lot 753 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Catalogue Essay
“The idea was more to create an environment, and that the Adaptive could be handled and used rather than be looked at. For the romantics like Schlegel and the German philosophers, what makes art and painting special is that neither should be touched. With the Adaptives, the opposite is true.” -Franz West
wood, plaster, synthetic resin and gauze 12 1/8 x 29 7/8 x 20 1/2 in. (30.8 x 75.9 x 52.1 cm.) Executed circa 1975, this work is registered in the Franz West Privatstiftung Archiv, Vienna.
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
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