Peter Fischli and David Weiss - Contemporary Art Evening Sale London Wednesday, February 27, 2008 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Le Case d’Arte, Milan

  • Exhibited






    Frankfurt am Main, PORTIKUS, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, 23 September – 2 October,1988





  • Literature

    P. Frey, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Frankfurt am Main, 1988, p. 16 (illustrated)    

  • Catalogue Essay

    The artists share a heritage that goes back to Marcel Duchamp and the Dada movement of the early 20th century, expanding on the notion of the readymade as objet d’art to include well-crafted replications of everyday objects, artfully carved in polyurethane and hand-painted. Often using found objects and existing materials, Fischli and Weiss are not content to merely question the definition of art; they fracture our sense of security among the familiar objects of our world by subverting their functions and investing them with new life and meaning. Taken from www.sfmoma.org

 

101

Heart

1987
Cast Rubber.
9 x 16.5 x 10.2 cm. (3 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 4 in).
This work is from an edition of four.

Estimate
£40,000 - 60,000 

Sold for £78,500

Contemporary Art Evening Sale

28 Feb 2008, 7pm
London