ventilation grills (our breath and this breeze) by martin boyce

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Scottish, born 1967

Ventilation Grills (Our Breath and This Breeze), 2007

Medium: acid etched brass, in five parts
Size: 23.2 x 42.6 cm. (9.1 x 16.8 in.)
Sale: Contemporary Discoveries (Online), Wednesday, January 25, 2023,
Lot 77
Estimate: 5,000–7,000 GBP
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(6,186–8,660 USD)
Price: Sold for 4,410 GBP
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(5,456 USD)

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About this Artwork

Provenance: Light & Sie, Dallas
George Michael, United Kingdom (acquired from the above in 2009)
Christie's, London, The George Michael Collection Online Auction, 15 March 2019, Lot 124
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibitions: Munster, Westfälischer Kunstverein, This Place is Close and Unfolded; and Birmingham, Ikon Gallery, (Out Of This Sun, Into This Shadow) April - September 2008, pp. 122-23, illustrated (edition no. unknown)
Dallas, Light & Sie, Being and Nothingness, April - May 2009, pp. 6-7, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)
New York, Sean Kelly Gallery, Memories of the Future, June - July 2010 (edition no. unknown)
Chengdu, A4 Art Museum, Martin Boyce: Hanging Gardens, April - July 2018, p. 30, illustrated in colour; pp. 18 and 28, illustrated in colour (installation view)
Literature: Laurence Gateau, Carina Plath and Nigel Prince, Eds., Martin Boyce, Zurich 2009, pp. 122-23, illustrated (edition no. unknown)
Allie Biswas, ‘Glass meets the renowned sculptor Martin Boyce’, Glass , 27 January 2017, online, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)
Rebecca Travis, ‘Martin Boyce: From the Roots of Cubist Trees…’, Canned Magazine, Issue 2, 17 September 2021 (text)

Description

Lot 77
Martin Boyce
b. 1967
Ventilation Grills (Our Breath and This Breeze)
acid etched brass, in five parts
each: 23.2 by 42.6 cm. 9⅛ by 16¾ in.
Executed in 2007, this work is number one of two artist's proofs aside from an edition of three.
Condition Report
Provenance
Light & Sie, Dallas
George Michael, United Kingdom (acquired from the above in 2009)
Christie's, London, The George Michael Collection Online Auction, 15 March 2019, Lot 124
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Laurence Gateau, Carina Plath and Nigel Prince, Eds., Martin Boyce, Zurich 2009, pp. 122-23, illustrated (edition no. unknown)
Allie Biswas, ‘Glass meets the renowned sculptor Martin Boyce’, Glass , 27 January 2017, online, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)
Rebecca Travis, ‘Martin Boyce: From the Roots of Cubist Trees…’, Canned Magazine, Issue 2, 17 September 2021 (text)
Exhibited
Munster, Westfälischer Kunstverein, This Place is Close and Unfolded; and Birmingham, Ikon Gallery, (Out Of This Sun, Into This Shadow) April - September 2008, pp. 122-23, illustrated (edition no. unknown)
Dallas, Light & Sie, Being and Nothingness, April - May 2009, pp. 6-7, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)
New York, Sean Kelly Gallery, Memories of the Future, June - July 2010 (edition no. unknown)
Chengdu, A4 Art Museum, Martin Boyce: Hanging Gardens, April - July 2018, p. 30, illustrated in colour; pp. 18 and 28, illustrated in colour (installation view)