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November 03, 2016

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LOT 43

Lot 43

EDWARD BURTYNSKY

EDWARD BURTYNSKY
Lot 43 Details
EDWARD BURTYNSKY

MAKRANA MARBLE QUARRIES #18, RAJASTHAN, 2000

chromogenic print
signed in ink, titled and numbered 1/10 on artist’s label
22.5 ins x 45 ins; 57.2 cms x 114.3 cms

Estimate $10,000-$12,000

Realised: $9,000
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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EDWARD BURTYNSKY
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Provenance:

Private Collection, Ontario
Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto

Note:

Printed 2004, mounted

Recently awarded the 2016 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, Edward Burtynsky is an internationally acclaimed photographer who has been capturing the impact of “human systems imposed on the land” for more than 25 years. The artist has travelled extensively to China, India, the United States, Bangladesh, Italy and Spain to research and to photograph monumental industrial wastelands.

Edward Burtynsky was born and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Photography from Ryerson University and a Graphic Art degree from Niagara College. The artist was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada and holds six honorary degrees. His artwork is collected by more than 60 major international institutions such as the MOMA in New York, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London and the Reina Sofia in Madrid.

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