Carsten Höller (né en 1961) Canaries, 2009 Lot n° 124

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.