Martin Kippenberger - New Now New York Wednesday, September 27, 2023 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Julie Sylvester Editions, New York
    Private Collection
    Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, November 11, 2005, lot 333
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    New York, Julie Sylvester Editions, Disco Bombs, May 16–June 10, 1989 (illustrated on the back cover)
    Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Investigations 28: Martin Kippenberger, June 9–July 30, 1989, n.p. (installation view illustrated)

  • Literature

    Martin Kippenberger: Multiples, exh. cat., MuHKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, 2003, no. 22, pp. 50–51 (illustrated, p. 50)
    Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective, exh. cat., Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2008, pp. 344, 350 (another example exhibited and illustrated, front cover, p. 350)

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Disco Bomb

mirrored disco ball with wig
installation dimensions variable
12 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (31.8 x 29.2 x 29.2 cm)

Executed in 1989, this work is a unique variant from a series of 9 unique variants plus 3 artist's proofs and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Estate of the Artist. Each mirror ball is accompanied by an individual lady’s wig.

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for $40,640

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New York Auction 27 September 2023