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Marilyn Minter (American, b.1948)
LOT ID: 19199
Yellow Sparkle, 2007
Chromogenic Print (C-print)
26 х 39 in. cm.
Signed, signed and numbered on verso. This lot comes with a certificate of authentication signed by the artist
Edition 3/5
Lot description
Yellow Sparkle, 2007
Chromogenic print
26 x 39 in. (66 x 99.1 cm.)
Edition 3 of 5

This lot is in pristine condition, it comes from a private European collection. Number 1 from this edition sold for $40,000 at Christie's in 2008 (see below).

Yellow Sparkle is professionally framed with UV glass. the lot is being sold with its shipping crate.

“Minter hones in (literally and figuratively) on the imperfect trappings of high couture in large-scale color photographs and paintings that at once magnify, fetishize, and abject their subjects. The ambivalence in Minter’s works does not leave us any less seduced by them: we simply have a harder time cleaning up and simplifying the true nature of our much more complicated desires.”
-2006 Whitney Biennial Catalogue

Marilyn Minter (b. 1948) can be compared to an alchemist who transforms gore into glamour with photographs and photo-realistic paintings. The phrase "dirty realism", popularized by a 1983 issue of the magazine Granta, comes to mind when looking at Minter’s work. Seductive, sensual and decadent, Minters work continues to be highly in demand with collectors and museums.

She has had solo exhibitions at Salon 94 (2006 & 2009) and the San Francesco MoMA (2005). In 2006, she was featured in the Whitney Biennial. In 2007, she envisioned a centerfold for collaboration with Parkett magazine. Upcoming projects include: a solo exhibition at Regen Projects in fall 2009. In 2010 Minter will have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio.

Minter does not crop or digitally manipulate her photographs.

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  • Marilyn Minter

    Goldi
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    (H 51.1, W 37.9) in.
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    Sold for: US$50,000 €
    Friday, November 13, 2009
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  • Marilyn Minter

    Runs
    chromogenic print
    (H 86.0, W 60) in.
    (218.4 x 152.4) cm.
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    Sold for: US$35,000 €
    Wednesday, November 12, 2008
    Sotheby's New York
    Lot 00501

  • Marilyn Minter

    Yellow sparkle
    chromogenic print
    (H 26.0, W 39.0) in.
    (66 x 99.1) cm.
    Ed. 1/5
    Sold for: US$40,000 €
    Monday, October 13, 2008
    Christie's New York
    Lot 00011

  • Marilyn Minter

    Studs
    c-print
    (H 50, W 36.0) in.
    (127 x 91.4) cm.
    Ed. ed.5
    Sold for: US$49,000 €
    Friday, May 16, 2008
    Phillips de Pury & Company New York
    Lot 00206

  • Marilyn Minter

    Studs
    c-print
    (H 50, W 36.0) in.
    (127 x 91.4) cm.
    Ed. ed.5
    Sold for: US$55,000 €
    Friday, November 16, 2007
    Phillips de Pury & Company New York
    Lot 00248

  • Marilyn Minter

    Twins
    c-print
    (H 50, W 36.0) in.
    (127 x 91.4) cm.
    Ed. ed.5
    Sold for: US$36,000 €
    Friday, May 18, 2007
    Phillips de Pury & Company New York
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