David Hartt
The Histories (after Cazabon)
Lot closes
June 7, 03:21:00 AM GMT
Estimate
65,000 - 85,000 USD
Starting Bid
45,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
David Hartt
b. 1967
The Histories (after Cazabon)
Executed in 2020.
Tapestry made from Trevira CS, cotton, wool, and acrylic
Edition 3 of 3 + 1 AP
179 x 114 1/2 in. (454.7 x 290.8 cm)
Please note that while this auction is hosted on Sothebys.com, it is being administered by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and all post-sale matters (inclusive of invoicing and property pickup/shipment) will be handled by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. As such, Sotheby’s will share the contact details for the winning bidders with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago so that they may be in touch directly post-sale.
This online benefit auction has a 10% buyer’s premium, which will be added to the final hammer price of each sold work. The premium allows the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago to retain more of the proceeds of the sale and offset administrative costs.
Courtesy the Artist; Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago; David Nolan Gallery, New York; and Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin.
Through his research-based, multimedia practice, David Hartt (b. 1967, Montreal, Canada; lives in Philadelphia, PA) investigates how people shape—and are shaped by—their historical and cultural contexts. This monumental tapestry references the landscape paintings of renowned Trinidadian artist Michel-Jean Cazabon (1813–1888), speaking to historical artistic lineages and the exchange of ideas across generations. In 2011, the MCA presented his solo exhibition David Hartt, as part of the museum’s Screen series, and the exhibition then traveled to the Studio Museum in Harlem; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; and the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. He has had solo exhibitions at institutions that include Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Art Institute of Chicago; LAXART, Los Angeles; and Or Gallery, Vancouver. Hartt’s work is also in the MCA Collection and in the collections of the Studio Museum in Harlem; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.