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Nam June Paik

Seoul, Korea 1932 – 2006 Miami

Empire State Building. 1995

Video installation: cathode ray tube television sets, Laserdisc and Laserdisc player, neon tubes, acrylic paint, circuit boards and replica Empire State Building on aluminium square profile tubing and perforated plate. 239 x 74 x 57,5 cm (94 ⅛ x 29 ⅛ x 22 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Nam June Paik. Empire State Building. 1995.

Estimate:

EUR 80,000

 

- 120,000

USD 109,600

 

- 164,000

Sold for:

143,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 222-228

Selected Works, Thursday, 29.05.2014

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Video installation: cathode ray tube television sets, Laserdisc and Laserdisc player, neon tubes, acrylic paint, circuit boards and replica Empire State Building on aluminium square profile tubing and perforated plate. 239 x 74 x 57,5 cm (94 ⅛ x 29 ⅛ x 22 ⅝ in.). Signed with blue paint and dated in black felt-tip pen on the right side wall: PAIK ‘95. Neon tubes repaired.

Private collection, France (acquired from the artist)

From Neue Wilde to Video. Ithaca/USA, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 1999

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