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The Collection of Geraldine and Harold AldenMatthew Barneyb. 1967
Cremaster I: Orchidellalaminated c-print, in artist's self-lubricating frame53 3/4 by 43 1/2 in.136.5 by 110.5 cm.Executed in 1995, this work is number 4 from an edition of 6, plus 2 artist's proofs.Condition reportThis work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling to the artists’s frame. There are scattered hairline scratches visible on the surface of the c-print, most noticeable in the upper black portion of the work. There is evidence of minor peeling to the laminate surface in the lower right corner. A light layer of dust has settled on the surface. Framed in the artist’s frame. 
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE OR CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS, AS APPLICABLE, INCLUDED IN THE DIGITAL CATALOGUE.ProvenanceBarbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Private Collection, San Francisco (acquired from the above in 1996)
Sotheby's New York, 9 November 2005, lot 39
Acquired from the above by the present ownerLiteraturePeter Schjeldahl, "Who's the Boss," The Village Voice, 24 December 1996, p. 93, illustrated
Elizabeth Janus, ed., Veronica’s Revenge: Contemporary Perspectives on Photography, 1998, p. 181, illustrated in color
Daniel Aaronson, ed., Photography Transformed: The Metropolitan Bank & Trust Collection, New York, 2002, p. 45, illustrated in colorExhibitedRotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen; Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux; Kunsthalle Bern, Matthew Barney Pace Cars for the Hubris Pill, 1995, no. 14, n.p., illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Munich, Sammlung Goetz, Matthew Barney Tony Oursler Jeff Wall 1996, p. 44, illustrated (another example exhibited)
New York, Guggenheim Museum SoHo, The Hugo Boss Prize, 1996, p. 93, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Vienna, Kunsthalle; Basel, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Matthew Barney Cremaster 1, 1997, n.p., illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Paris, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Sous le Manteau, 1997, p. 4, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Prague, Galerie Rudolfinum, American Art from the Goetz Collection, 2001, p. 23, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Cologne, Museum Ludwig; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Matthew Barney The Cremaster Cycle, 2002-2003, pp. 153 and 462, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Oslo, Astrup Fearnley Museet fur Moderne Kunst, The Cremaster Cycle, 2003, p. 21, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)Catalogue note