Lot 41
Peter Lik (1959-)
Lot 41 Details
Peter Lik (1959-), Australian
“ECHOES OF SILENCE" (CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK, UTAH), 2005
Colour silver hailde Fuji Archive print; signed and numbered 513/950 in gold pen and ink lower right
Image 26.6" x 79" — 67.6 x 200.7 cm.
Estimate $3,000-$4,000
Provenance:
Peter Lik Gallery, Canal Shops at the Venetian, Las Vegas from whom purchased by Casey Combden accompanied by the Certificate of Authenticity dated 9/26/2005;
From whom purchased by the present Private Collection, Markham, Ontario
Literature:
Peter Lik, Spirit of America, (Peter Lik, AUS), Oct. 2003, frontispiece
Note:
Echoes of Silence is one of the artist’s photographs made after coming to the United States in 1984 to photograph landscapes in all 50 states. After five years and some 50,000 miles of travel, the project culminated in 1000 rolls of film. Highlights of Lik’s trans-American odyssey can be found in his book Spirit of America, the cover of which features this rare photograph.