James Turrell (American, b. 1943), "OUT", IN/OUT" (Two Works), silver halide emulsion in gelatin based film, laminated to optically clear glass, aluminum hanging brackets, each signed, titled, numbered "831 NY 8202" and dated "1994" on the reverse, in fitted wood travel crate, photocopy of installation instructions available, each pane 16"h x 12"w x 5/8"d, 15"h x 22"w x 16"d (wood crate)


Provenance
Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection of Greta Gruber, New York
Sotheby’s, New York, Contemporary Art Day Sale, May 11, 2006, lot 500
Private Collection (acquired from below, 2000)
Mark Rendleman, Santa Fe
Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe

Exhibited
Santa Fe, Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe, James Turrell, January–March 1993
London, Hayward Gallery, James Turrell: Air Mass, April–June 1993

Catalogue Note
The present works are holograms by James Turrell published by the Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe (CAA). They are in fact the first examples by the artist of small scale holograms on glass, a format that would later develop into a wide-ranging body of work. The project comprised four holograms—IN, OUT, IN/OUT, and ON—and was initially conceived as a multiple; only one complete set was produced.

The holograms were exhibited together at the Hayward Gallery, London, in 1993 and subsequently entered a private collection in 1997. By 2003, one panel from the original group had been lost. CAA, with the knowledge of the artist’s studio, permitted the remaining panels to be sold at public auction, where they were catalogued as individual holograms rather than as a unified work. The current owner acquired the panels in 2007.

Two holograms from the original project remain together and are offered here as a single lot.

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