Evening Sale

Live Virtual Auction, 17 September 2024

Evening Sale: Modern and Contemporary Art

Sold for

ZAR 519 863
Lot 204
  • Idris Khan; Sheet Music
  • Idris Khan; Sheet Music
  • Idris Khan; Sheet Music


Lot Estimate
ZAR 400 000 - 600 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 519 863

About this Item

Idris Khan
British 1978-
Sheet Music
C-print
168 by 168cm excluding frame; 181 by 181 by 6,5cm including frame

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by the current owner through Victoria Miro Gallery, 2010.

Notes

"Whilst Khan's mindset is more painterly than photographic, he often employs the tools of photomechanical reproduction to create his work. Photographing or scanning from secondary source material - sheet music, pages from the Qur'an, reproductions of late Caravaggio paintings - he then builds up the layers of scans digitally, which allows him to meticulously control minute variances in contrast, brightness and opacity. The resultant images are often large-scale C-prints with surfaces that have a remarkable optical intensity."1