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Materials:

bronze

Size Notes:

sculpture 77 1/2 x 22 x 27 1/2 in. (196.9 x 55.9 x 69.9 cm) base 4 1/4 x 39 3/4 x 39 1/2 in. (10.8 x 101 x 100.3 cm) overall 81 3/4 x 39 3/4 x 39 1/2 in. (207.6 x 101 x 100.3 cm)

Edition:

Executed in 2006, this work is number 1 from an edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof.

Description:

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Markings:

incised with the artist's initials, fabricator's name, number and date "JM 06 1/3 H. NOACK BERLIN" on the figure's proper left foot

Condition:

The work is in very good condition. The work is structurally sound. There are faint drip accretions to the interior of the figure's proper right foot, proper left calf, and proper left breast, visible upon extremely close inspection. There is minor rubbing to the patina in places.

Exhibited:

Deichtorhallen Hamburg; Grenoble, Le Magasin – Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Jonathan Meese – Mama Johnny, April 30, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 233, p. 343 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 233, installation view illustrated, p. 196, front and back pastedown)
Remagen, Arp Museum Banhof Rolandseck, Jonathan Meese: Arch-State of Atlantisis, May 1–August 30, 2009, no. 26 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 180, installation view illustrated pp. 76, 130)
Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jonathan Meese: Sculpture, December 1, 2010–February 13, 2011, pp. 23, 88 (illustrated, p. 63)

Literature:

Alex Gartenfield, "Jonathan Meese," Art in America, February 4, 2011, p. 95

Provenance:

Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin