Andreas Gursky (b. 1955), Cocoon II

Andreas Gursky (b. 1955)
Cocoon II
signed twice 'Andreas Gursky' (on two labels affixed to the reverse)
chromogenic print mounted on Plexiglas in artist’s frame
image: 77 x 191in. (195.5 x 485cm.)
overall: 83 ¼ x 199 3/8in. (211.5 x 506.5cm.)
Executed in 2008, this work is number two from an edition of six

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Provenance
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2009.

Exhibited
Frankfurt, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Andreas Gursky. Cocoon, 2008 (another example from the edition exhibited).
Paris, Musée d’art modern de la ville de Paris, Objectivités. La photographie à Düsseldorf, 2008-2009 (another example from the edition exhibited).
Krefeld, Kunstmuseum Krefeld, Andreas Gursky Werke/Works 80-08, 2008, p. 255 (smaller version exhibited and illustrated in colour, pp. 240-241). This exhibition later travelled to Stockholm, Moderna Museet and Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2009.
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Andreas Gursky, 2008-2009.
Hanover, Sprengel Museum, Photography Calling, 2011-2012 (another example from the edition exhibited).