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MATTHEW BARNEY (b. 1967) CREMASTER 2: THE MAN IN BLACK signed, numbered of six and dated "Matthew...

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MATTHEW BARNEY (b. 1967) CREMASTER 2: THE MAN IN BLACK signed, numbered of six and dated  Matthew...
MATTHEW BARNEY
(b. 1967)
CREMASTER 2: THE MAN IN BLACK
signed, numbered of six and dated "Matthew Barney '99" on the reverse
graphite, petroleum jelly and beeswax on Billboard magazine
in artist's nylon frame
16 x 13 1/2 x 11/2 in. (40.6 x 34.3 x 3.8 cm)
executed in 1999
this work is from an edition of six
plus one artist's proof
ESTIMATE: $20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NEW YORK
EXHIBITED
MINNEAPOLIS, Walker Art Center and SAN FRANCISCO, Museum of Modern Art, CREMASTER 2: THE DRONES EXPOSITION, July 18, 1999-September 5, 2000
COLOGNE, Museum Ludwig; Museé d'Art Moderne de la Ville Paris and NEW YORK, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, MATTHEW BARNEY: THE CREMASTER CYCLE, June 6, 2001-May 2003, pp. 37 (cabinet), 207 and 465 (illustrated)
He took a breath and began to sing. He had one of the worst singing voices... never on pitch, and Gary had no idea when he was off. When he thought to croon, he groaned. The groans strangled. When he came near a note, he was sour. Still, he began to sing 'Rock of Ages.' 'While I draw this fleeting breath, when my eyelids close in bed... when I soar to worlds unknown, see Thee on my judgment time, rock of ages, let me hide myself in Thee.' He stopped singing. 'Oh man, I told you I talked to Johnny Cash, goddamn.' Gilmore laughed. 'Johnny Cash knows I'm alive.
N. Mailer, THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG, NEW YORK, p. 942