Original Condition (Victor Gruen, The Rosenstiel/Augunas Residence, 1950/2005)

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© Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg

Dorit Margreiter Choy

Original Condition (Victor Gruen, The Rosenstiel/Augunas Residence, 1950/2005), 2006

Installation 12 excerpts from magazines, black and white and color, dry mounted on card board Single plates: [USD 5,250,000, (Melinda Ridell)], color, 5.6 x 6 cm [USD 5,250,000, (Crosby Doe, new exclusive)], color, 12.6 x 11.6 cm [USD 5,250,000], color, 5.9 x 6 cm [USD 5,250,000], black and white, 5.8 x 6 cm [USD 4,250,000, (Crosby Doe)], color, 6.7 x 5.7 cm [USD 4,250,000, (Crosby Doe)], color, 7.6 x 7.7 cm [USD 4,250,000, (Crosby Doe)], black and white, 13.3 x 9.6 cm [USD 4,250,000, (Melinda Ridell)], black and white, 5.7 x 6 cm [USD 3,995,000, (Melinda Ridell)], color, 5.1 x 6 cm [USD 3,995,000, (New Price)], color, 7.5 x 7.2 cm [USD 3,595,000, (Melinda Riddell], color, 5.8 x 5.9 cm [USD 3,595,000, (Crosby Doe)], color, 6.2 x 3.8 cm Framed 31.5 x 23.5 cm each

GF0030731.00.0-2007

Artwork text

The advertisements document the sale of a villa by Austrian architect Victor Gruen in the Los Angeles Times between fall 2005 and spring 2006. Victor Gruen, who had to emigrate to New York in 1938, is considered the inventor of the shopping mall.

Lending history
2012 Bregenz, AT, Kunsthaus, Arena 2010 Madrid, ES, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (MNCARS) 2009 Vienna, AT, Wien Museum