Art + Design 
17 January 2019
Art + Design 
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David Armstrong

Statue at Schönbrunn, Vienna

USA, 1992
gelatin silver print 13½ h × 9 w in (34 × 23 cm)
estimate: $500–700
result: $1,375
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Signed, titled, dated and numbered to verso 'Statue of Schonbruun, Vienna 97/100 David Armstrong 1992'.This work is number 97 from the edition of 100.
provenance: ACRIA, Unframed VII, 1999 | Private Collection, New York
literature: Unframed: Artists Respond to AIDS, AIDS Community Research Initiative of America, pg. 91

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The present lot is one of twenty-four works acquired over several years from art sales benefiting the AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA). Each represents a commitment to the organization’s mission as well as a celebration of the creative community who believe in a world without AIDS. Since 1993, ACRIA’s art sale benefit, Unframed and its variations, have invited leading contemporary artists from around the world to donate works in support of the mission to provide essential AIDS research, treatment, and education programs. ACRIA’s widely successful efforts have raised millions in the fight against HIV and have contributed to the development of 20 medications approved by the FDA as new treatments for the disease.

As the Unframed art sale events by ACRIA gained recognition, enthusiastic buyers camped on the streets of New York for the opportunity to participate.

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