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Martin Wickström

(Sweden, Born 1957)
Estimate
25 000 - 30 000 SEK
2 370 - 2 850 EUR
2 500 - 2 990 USD
Covered by droit de suite

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Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

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Caroline Lindahl
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Martin Wickström
(Sweden, Born 1957)

"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

Signed on each part verso with monogram MW and "LDS" I, II and III and dated -97. Work in three parts + sketches by the artist + slides. Part 1: Centre in the installation. Pendulum in stainless steel with transformer, and plexiglass box with Lucy surrounded by a halo of 15 small light bulbs. Total height 78 cm, box 21.5 x 21.5 x 24 cm. Part 2: Wall installation. Lucy painted on wood sculpture with light box featuring a photograph of an astronaut in space. Thick red electrical cable. Height 97, width 50, depth 12 cm. Part 3: Wall installation. Lucy in mirror-reversed contour on painted wood sculpture with light box featuring a photograph of Lucy. Thick red electrical cable. Height 97, width 50, depth 12 cm. Two catalogues and sketches (seven A4 sheets, pencil and ink), included.

Provenance

Commissioned from the artist for an office i Stockholm in 1997.

More information

In the reception area of the office in Vasastan, Stockholm, the wooden sculptures of the work hung against each other on either wall. At the front, behind a reception desk, a glorified Lucy pendulated down from the ceiling like a queen in space.