Artist:
Vija Celmins
Artwork:
Untitled (Night Sky #7)
Size:
55.8 x 76.2 cm
Medium:
Charcoal on paper
Creation year:
1995
Marks:
Signed and inscribed '#7 V. Celmins' (lower edge)
Category:
Drawings
Provenance:
McKee Gallery, New York; Private collection, London, circa 1997; Acquired from the previous by the present owner
Exhibition history:
London, Institute of Contemporary Art; Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia; Kunstmuseum Winterthur; Frankfurt, Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Vija Celmins: Works 1964-96, January-June 1997, pp. 97 and 106 (illustrated in color); Paris, Centre Pompidou; Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Vija Celmins: Dessins/Drawings, October 2006-April 2007, pp. 124-125 and 166, no. 53 (illustrated in color); New York, Levy Gorvy, Intimate Infinite, September-October 2018, pp. 194-195, 237 and 260 (illustrated in color); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory, December 2018-August 2019, pp. 168 and 266 (illustrated in color)
Christie's New York
Date:
2019-11-13
Lot Number:
13B
Low Estimate:
$2000000
[+25%]
High Estimate:
$3000000
[-16%]
Hammer Price:
$2500000
Sold For:
$3015000