The photographer's female subject appears ready to turn the tables on the paparazzo in Mark Tansey's On Photography (Homage to Susan Sontag) from 1982. Tansey adopts the style of film noir and has us wondering who is violating whom.
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Mark Tansey (b. 1949)
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Mark Tansey (b. 1949)
On Photography (Homage to Susan Sontag)
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Price Realized
- $4,674,500
- Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
- $3,000,000 - $4,000,000
Sale Information
Sale 2355
Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale
10 November 2010
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale
10 November 2010
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
Lot Description
Mark Tansey (b. 1949)
On Photography (Homage to Susan Sontag)
signed, titled and dated 'Tansey 1982 "HOMAGE TO SUSAN SONTAG"' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
54 x 90 in. (137.2 x 228.6 cm.)
Painted in 1982.
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Provenance
Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York
Dr. Allen Logerquist, New York
Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Karen and Kenneth Heithoff, Chicago
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Dr. Allen Logerquist, New York
Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Karen and Kenneth Heithoff, Chicago
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
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Please note that Christie's guarantee of lots 5, 27, 37, 39 and 76 have been financed by third parties who are bidding on those lots. The third parties will receive a financing fee from Christie's, whether or not they are the successful bidder.
Literature
Mark Tansey, exh. cat., Basel, 1990, n.p. (illustrated in color).
R. Smith, "Storyline," New York Times, 16 February 1990, p. 30.
A. Danto, Mark Tansey: Visions and Revisions, New York, 1992, p. 46 (illustrated in color).
R. Smith, "Storyline," New York Times, 16 February 1990, p. 30.
A. Danto, Mark Tansey: Visions and Revisions, New York, 1992, p. 46 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
New York, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Mark Tansey, 1982.
Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Currents: Mark Tansey, no. 23, January 1984.
New York, Edward Thorp Gallery, Storyline, February-March 1990.
Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Currents: Mark Tansey, no. 23, January 1984.
New York, Edward Thorp Gallery, Storyline, February-March 1990.
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Mark Tansey (b. 1949)
On Photography (Homage to Susan Sontag)
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