Carsten Höller (né en 1961) Canaries, 2009
Carsten Höller (b. 1961)
Canaries, 2009
Set of nine photogravures on Somerset 300 gr paper
Signed bottom left
Dated bottom center
Numbered bottom right : "7/24" (each)
Edition of 24
Image : 83 x 56,5 cm (each)
Sheet : 108 × 78 cm (each)
Provenance :
- Esther Schipper Gallery, Berlin
- Acquired from the latter by the current owners
- René-Julien Praz & Bruno Delavallade Collection, Paris
Note : The "Canary" series depicts hybrid birds created by the artist, photogravures printed with gold powder on paper. Rendered sterile by unnatural genetic crossbreeding, they illustrate a singular phenomenon : they are both the first and the last of their species.
