Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich Galleria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples Almine Rech Gallery, Paris
Exhibited
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Ugo Rondinone: Long Gone Sole, 18 September – 30 October 2004 (another example exhibited); London, Whitechapel Gallery, Ugo Rondinone – zero built a nest in my navel, 24 January – 26 March 2006 (another example exhibited); Modena, Galleria Civica di Modena, Palazzo Santa Margherita, Giorni felici, 15 September 2006 – 7 January 2007
Literature
A. Tarsia, Ugo Rondinone – zero built a nest in my navel, exh. cat., Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2005, pp. 4–5, 245, 254 (another example illustrated); Ugo Rondinone, Giorni felici, exh. cat., Galeria Civica di Modena, 2006 (illustrated)
Catalogue Essay
"I always say that you don’t have to understand an artwork. You have just to feel it. In my work I use very basic raw symbols, something that everybody can relate to, from a child to an old person, from the East to the West." Ugo Rondinone
2004 cast resin 265 x 266 x 201 cm (104 3/8 x 104 3/4 x 79 1/8 in.) This work is number 1 from an edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £110,500
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