Gabriel Orozco - 20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session New York Wednesday, November 13, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Courtesy of the Artist
    Artists for the Serpentine Gallery: Property Sold to Benefit the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, Sotheby's, London, June 30, 2011, lot 225
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Artist Biography

    Gabriel Orozco

    Mexican • 1954

    Gabriel Orozco's diverse practice, which includes sculpture, photography, painting and video, is centered on the rejection of the concept of a traditional studio. Alternatively, Orozco's conceptual process involves using quotidian objects as commentary on urban society. In the widely exhibited La DS (1993), Orozco cut a Citroën DS car into thirds, eliminating the central section and reconfiguring the remaining parts.

    Another important motif in Orozco's lexicon is that of the colored ellipses. In his seminal series, Samurai Tree Invariants, the artist employs fragmented colored circles as the basis for geometric compositions, exploring the movements made by a knight on a chessboard. These not only represent Orozco's conceptual practices but illustrate his interest in both the geometric and organic world.

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Tree Guard

signed, titled, numbered and dated "3/5 TREE GUARD GABRIEL OROZCO 2010" on the reverse
chromogenic print
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Executed in 2010, this work is number 3 from an edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs.

Estimate
$7,000 - 10,000 

Sold for $10,000

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20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 13 November 2019