Nam June Paik Tree of Temptation (II). 1984/2005/2008

Glass-fibre-reinforced plastic, wood, artificial leaves and 18 monitors. 320 × 270 × 260 cm (126 × 106 ¼ × 102 ⅜ in.). Unique work. Produced in 2005/08 based on the lost version from 1984. Accompanying items: 1. Nam June Paik: Untitled. Collage, coloured chalk and ballpoint pen in red and blue on vellum, 49.5 × 60 cm. Signed below the centre in black felt-tip pen: Paik. 2. 4 original green screen panels from the 1984 WDR programme ‘Bei Bio’. Cardboard, wooden handle, 29 × 22 cm. Three of them feature drawings; one is signed by Paik and Biolek. 3. 1 SONY KV-6000BE Trinitron colour television. [2001]. [2001], Glass-fibre-reinforced plastic, wood, artificial leaves and 18 monitors. 320 × 270 × 260 cm (126 × 106 ¼ × 102 ⅜ in.). Unique work. Produced in 2005/08 based on the lost version from 1984. Accompanying items: 1. Nam June Paik: Untitled. Collage, coloured chalk and ballpoint pen in red and blue on vellum, 49.5 × 60 cm. Signed below the centre in black felt-tip pen: Paik. 2. 4 original green screen panels from the 1984 WDR programme ‘Bei Bio’. Cardboard, wooden handle, 29 × 22 cm. Three of them feature drawings; one is signed by Paik and Biolek. 3. 1 SONY KV-6000BE Trinitron colour television. [2001]. [2001], Private collection, Rhineland / Wulf Herzogenrath Collection, Berlin (acquired from the aforementioned in 2014), Private collection, Rhineland / Wulf Herzogenrath Collection, Berlin (acquired from the aforementioned in 2014), Sculpture, Nature, West/East. Agile/Turin, International Sculpture Exhibition, 2008 / Flowers & Mushrooms. Salzburg, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, 2013, ill.. p. 134 (“Früchte der Versuchung”) / Magic Media, Media Magic, Videokunst seit den 1970er Jahren aus dem Archiv Wulf Herzogenrath. Berlin, Academy of Arts, 2019 / Pre Bell Man von Nam June Paik, eine Ikone der Medienkunst kehrt zurück. Frankfurt am Main, Museum of Communication, 2019, ill. pp. 102/103, 110, 112, 118, Wulf Herzogenrath (ed.): Nam June Paik, Fluxus, Video. Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen, 1999, ill. p. 270 (showing the version from 1984)

Estimate:£100,314

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