Jun 20, 2019 - Sale 2514

Sale 2514 - Lot 158

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
DAVID WOJNAROWICZ (1954-1992)


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Offset lithograph poster, 21x14 inches, 53 1/2>x35 1/2 cm. [New York,] 1989.

Additional Details


In the Shadow of Forward Motion was a multi-media performance with Wojnarowicz delivering the powerful, hypnotic and angry spoken word aspect and music, composed by Ben Neill. First staged at New York's Kitchen, it included dancers, four monitors for showing videos, and two screens for slide projections.

This poster, for the work's original presentation is
rare; we could find no other copies at auction.