LOT 040
Julian OPIE
Up till now…
Details
2005
Dye on nylon on wooden stretcher, unique
Signed on the reverse
105.0 × 171.0 × 3.0 cm (41⅜ × 67⅜ × 1⅛ in.)
Estimate¥3,000,000 - 5,000,000
Provenance: SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo/ Private collection, Japan
Exhibited: February 14 - April 13, 2008 "STILL/MOTION" Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Mie, Japan; April 29 - June 15, The National Museum of Art, Osaka; August 23 - October 13, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
Literature: "STILL/MOTION" The Asahi Shimbun, 2008, P. 42-43, No. 4-5
Condition: Good condition. Title is 「Up till now I had been very lucky with the weather. Everyone had said that it was unusual to have such a hot, sunny spell this early in the year. Now a fine but constant rain was falling. The clouds were low and did not look likely to move. I knew I should hurry to catch the ferry but there was no other traffic on the road and I stopped by a boathouse on the lake shore. I slid down the wet grass with my digital video camera and tripod」