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Loretta Lux (German, b.1969)
LOT ID: 79494
The Waving Girl, 2000

Cibachrome
15 х 15 in. cm.
Signed, dated, titled, and numbered on label affixed to reverse of artist's frame
Edition of 7
Lot description
Image size is 15 x 15 inches (38.1 x 38.1 cm). Framed dimensions are 20.5 x 20.5 inches (52.1 x 52.1 cm). Work is framed with museum glass.

Evincing the delicacy and haunting clarity that characterize many of the artist's portraits, "The Waving Girl" depicts a young girl with her hand raised, her expression leaving it ambiguous whether it is a gesture of greeting or farewell. The girl dwarfs the landscape receding behind her, giving the image a surrealistic quality. This work is signed, dated, titled, and numbered; it comes from a small edition of 7.

Loretta Lux (b. 1969) is a contemporary German photographer best known for her portraits of young children. She studied painting at Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich from 1990 to 1996, and began photographing in 1999. Lux creates her work using a combination of photography, painting, and digital manipulation. She is the recipient of a Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis (2002) and the International Centre of Photography’s Infinity Award for Art (2005). Recent solo exhibitions of her work have been held at Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY; Hague Museum of Photography, The Hague, Netherlands; and Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Select Public Collections:
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY
Fotomuseum, Munich, Germany
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
The Waving Girl by Loretta Lux
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    Spring
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    (H 11.8, W 11.8) in.
    (30 x 30) cm.
    Ed. 13/20
    Sold for: US$9,494 €
    Thursday, May 17, 2012
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  • Loretta Lux

    Self-portrait
    photographs, chromogenic print (c-print)
    (H 15.7, W 11.8) in.
    (39.9 x 30.0) cm.
    Ed. of 20
    Sold for: US$9,200 €
    Tuesday, January 03, 2012
    artnet Auctions
    Lot 58408

  • Loretta Lux

    The waving girl
    ilfochrome print
    (H 9.0, W 9.0) in.
    (22.9 x 22.9) cm.
    Ed. 8/20
    Sold for: US$8,750 €
    Wednesday, October 15, 2008
    Sotheby's New York
    Lot 00241

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