Post War & Contemporary Art 
13 November 2024
Post War & Contemporary Art 
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Tom Sachs b.1966

.357 Magnum

1997
oil, cloth tape, wood and metal hardware 7½ h × 9 w in (19 × 23 cm)
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $9,450
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Signed and dated to grip ‘TOM SACHS 1997 GS-10’.
provenance: The Artist | Private Collection | Christie's, New York, Post-War and Contemporary (Afternoon Session), 15 May 2002, Lot 343 | Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York | Private Collection, New York

This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

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I want labor to be the point, because everything in our lives is miraculously made with no idea of how it's done. As an active and critical consumer, and as someone who has attempted to make the flawless and failed, I wanted a transparency of construction here. If we know how it is made and how it falls apart, we will know how to rebuild it.

Tom Sachs

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