Contemporary + Modern: Art & Design
Sat, Jul 29, 2023 11:00AM EDT
Lot 93
BENCE BAKONYI "No. 13" (2013/15 Lambda Color Print)
Sold for
$1,500
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| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $5,000 | $250 |
| $10,000 | $500 |
| $20,000 | $1,000 |
| $50,000 | $2,500 |
| $75,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Bence Bakonyi
(Hungarian, b. 1991)
Cognition No. 13, image 2013/ impression 2015
Lambda color print (archival giclee) on dibond mount
31 1/2" x 39 1/2"
Edition size of 7
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered on a certificate of authenticity in a pocket to the reverse. Though the COA lists this impression as #7 in an edition of 100, the artist's website confirms the sold-out edition size to be only 7 in total.
The artist's statement for the series is as follows: "The Cognition series was made in Dunhuang, on the border of the Gobi Desert, China. The city was an important checkpoint for the commercial caravans of the ancient Silk Road. I had scheduled my journey for the time of a one-week Chinese holiday, where I followed and observed the attending tourists for a week. I examine from the position of a distant, outside spectator the kind of comprehension which is possible only through considerable withdrawal. Through the photographs' particular viewpoint, I attempt to represent the spirit of the group. Therefore my focus is not on the individual, but on the community: we see it moving in unity, the trace of its path, and thus the process through which this unified mass of people discovers the unknown. As the protagonists of the photographs taken in Dunhuang are tourists, the landscape was just as alien and fascinating for them as it was for me when I documented it."
Very good condition.
(Hungarian, b. 1991)
Cognition No. 13, image 2013/ impression 2015
Lambda color print (archival giclee) on dibond mount
31 1/2" x 39 1/2"
Edition size of 7
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered on a certificate of authenticity in a pocket to the reverse. Though the COA lists this impression as #7 in an edition of 100, the artist's website confirms the sold-out edition size to be only 7 in total.
The artist's statement for the series is as follows: "The Cognition series was made in Dunhuang, on the border of the Gobi Desert, China. The city was an important checkpoint for the commercial caravans of the ancient Silk Road. I had scheduled my journey for the time of a one-week Chinese holiday, where I followed and observed the attending tourists for a week. I examine from the position of a distant, outside spectator the kind of comprehension which is possible only through considerable withdrawal. Through the photographs' particular viewpoint, I attempt to represent the spirit of the group. Therefore my focus is not on the individual, but on the community: we see it moving in unity, the trace of its path, and thus the process through which this unified mass of people discovers the unknown. As the protagonists of the photographs taken in Dunhuang are tourists, the landscape was just as alien and fascinating for them as it was for me when I documented it."
Condition
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