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Monday, 11 June 2012, 06:00 pm

Jan Fabre, Welcome on the Top of the World
Jan Fabre, Welcome on the Top of the World

Lot 74

Jan Fabre, 1958 (BE)

Welcome on the Top of the World, 1997

Crayon, watercolor and india ink on paper.
H 340 mm W 270 mm.

(Frame). Signed, dated and titled.

Annotation:

Additionally inscribed: "Ik wilde een beetje zoals James Cagney..." In het gebouw van Ilya (N.Y.C. Tribecca) de lift voor filmopname. Ik mocht nergens roken ook niet in het appartement + studio van Ilya (Kabakov)".

Provenance: Mark Deweer Gallery, Otegem;
Swiss private property.

Exhibition: Otegem, Jan Fabre & Ilya Kabakov, Een Ontomoeting / Vstrecha" - A Meeting,
31. January - 15. March 1998.

Literature:
- see. Exhibition catalogue. Jan Fabre & Ilya Kabakov, "Een Ontomoeting / Vstrecha" - A Meeting. Otegem, Deweer Art Gallery, 1998;
- see. Jan Fabre, Gaude Succurrere vitae. Imschoot, Uitgevers, o.J. Page 157.

Annotation: Reference number: JF41/11698.

The work was conceived in 1997 in New York in connection with the Performance of Ilya Kabakov and Jan Fabre "Een Ontmoeting / Vstrecha".

CHF8'000 / 12'000
EUR7'000 / 10'000
USD9'000 / 13'000

Sold for CHF 6'000 (excl. buyers premium)