Marcel Dzama "Une Danse des Bouffons (A Jester's Dance)" David Zwirner 525 & 533 West 19th Street, New York September 9 October 25, 2014

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1 "Une Danse des Bouffons (A Jester's Dance)" David Zwirner 525 & 533 West 19th Street, New York September 9 October 25, (Red rooms): Red Version: Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance), 2013 Video projection, 17:41 min, color, sound Overall dimensions vary with each installation DZAMA3520 The ladies who lunch under lanterns, 2014 Watercolor, gouache, collage and graphite on paper 21 1/8 x 18 1/8 x 1 inches 53.7 x 46 x 2.5 cm Paper:17 x 14 inches DZAMA3717 Mere nothing rises in rebellion, part work 18 1/4 x 48 1/2 x 7/8 inches 46.4 x x 2.2 cm Overall: 14 x 43 inches 35.6 x cm Each paper: 14 x 11 1/8 inches 35.6 x 28.3 cm DZAMA3742

2 The hagiographic self portrait, 2014 Watercolor, gouache, collage, and graphite on paper 37 7/8 x 21 1/4 x 1 inches 96.2 x 54 x 2.5 cm Paper: 33 5/8 x 17 1/8 inches 85.4 x 43.5 cm DZAMA3757 This spark will prove a raging fire, part work 55 1/8 x 32 1/4 x 1 inches 140x 81.9 x 2.5 cm Overall: 51 3/4 x 28 1/2 inches x 72.4 cm Each paper:17 x 14 inches DZAMA3749 I want to forget that I had a body, 2014 Watercolor, gouache, collage, and graphite on paper 21 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 7/8 inches 54 x 46.4 x 2.2 cm DZAMA3751 Where would I have got, if I had been intelligent, /8 x 18 1/8 x 1 inches 53.7 x 46 x 2.5 cm DZAMA3713

3 Dissension of the virgin, /8 x 18 1/8 x 1 inches 53.7 x 46 x 2.5 cm DZAMA3719 Away from the floor, /8 x 15 1/8 x 1 inches 46 x 38.4 x 2.5 cm Paper: 14 x 11 inches 35.6 x 27.9 cm DZAMA3701 The 4th day of May, /8 x 18 1/8 x 1 inches 53.7 x 46 x 2.5 cm DZAMA3711 Une danse des bouffons Credits Page, 2014 Graphite on music sheet paper 27 3/4 x 23 1/8 x 7/8 inches 70.5 x 58.7 x 2.2 cm Paper: 23 1/2 x 19 inches 59.7 x 48.3 cm DZAMA3761

4 A nana wet bed, 2014 Watercolor, gouache, collage, and graphite on piano scroll 2 part work 27 3/4 x 26 3/4 x 7/8 inches 70.5 x 67.9 x 2.2 cm Overall: 23 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches 59.7 x 57.2 cm Each paper: 23 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches 59.7 x 29.2 cm DZAMA3755 The song that will announce her return, /8 x 18 1/8 x 1 inches 53.7 x 46 x 2.5 cm DZAMA3715 Thumb thumb, /8 x 21 1/8 x 1 inches 46 x 53.7 x 2.5 cm Paper: 14 x 17 inches 35.6 x 43.2 cm DZAMA3716

5 Spring is here or In the course of this romance, part work 32 3/8 x 26 1/4 x 1 inches 82.2 x 66.7 x 2.5 cm Overall: 27 3/8 x 21 7/8 inches 69.5 x 55.6 cm Each paper: 13 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches 35.2 x 28.3 cm DZAMA3710 The flowers have horns and devil has thorns, part work 21 1/8 x 32 1/8 x 1 inches 53.7 x 81.6 x 2.5 cm Overall: 16 7/8 x 28 inches 42.9 x 71.1 cm Each paper: 16 7/8 x 14 inches 42.9 x 35.6 cm DZAMA3709 The red origin of the world, 2014 Watercolor, gouache, collage, and graphite on paper 21 x 14 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches 53.3 x 36.8 x 3.8 cm Paper: 16 3/4 x10 1/2 x 1/2 inches 42.5 x 26.7 x 1.3 cm DZAMA3740

6 Song of the executioner, /8 x 18 1/8 x 1 inches 53.7 x 46 x 2.5 cm DZAMA3712 History is there to serve our cause or Little flowers of evil, /8 x 21 1/8 x 1 inches 46 x 53.7 x 2.5 cm Paper: 14 x 17 inches 35.6 x 43.2 cm DZAMA3714 The fatal sister, part work 48 1/4 x 18 1/8 x 1 inches x 46 x 2.5 cm Overall: 14 x 44 inches 35.6 x cm Each paper: 14 x 11 inches 35.6 x 27.9 cm DZAMA3705

7 Isis ist der Nama meiner Muschi, /8 x 14 3/8 x 1 inches 58.7 x 36.5 x 2.5 cm Paper: 18 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches 47.6 x 26 cm DZAMA3707 A monstrous red desire, /8 x 15 1/8 x 1 inches 46 x 38.4 x 2.5 cm Paper: 14 x 11 inches 35.6 x 27.9 cm DZAMA3700 We obey very different laws, /8 x 21 1/8 x 1 inches 46 x 53.7 x 2.5 cm Paper:14 x 17 inches 35.6 x 43.2 cm DZAMA3718 One remembers one's reverence for the king, 2007 Ink, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper paper 18 1/8 x 15 1/4 x 7/8 inches 46 x 38.7 x 2.2 cm 51.8 x 43.5 x 3.2 cm Paper: 14 x 10 7/8 inches 35.6 x 27.6 cm DZAMA3768

8 A red box for Marcel, 2013 Fabric, acrylic, wood, plaster, metal, paper, photographs, polaroid, vinyl, record, collage, and string Dimensions vary with installation Assemblage: 30 x 58 x 33 inches 76.2 x x 83.8 cm Box, closed: 5 1/8 x 19 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches 13 x 50.2 x 45.1 cm Box, open: 27 x 57 7/8 x 30 inches 68.6 x 147 x 76.2 cm DZAMA2852 Pot head philosopher, 2014 Papier-mâché, plastic flowers, spray paint, and acrylic and wood pedestal Overall: 81 x 67 x 34 inches x x 86.4 cm Vase: 33 x 16 1/2 x 19 inches 83.8 x 41.9 x 48.3 cm Pedestal: 20 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches 52.1 x 47 x 47 cm DZAMA3597 Romulus, 2014 Papier-mâché, plastic flowers, acrylic, and spray paint 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 18 inches 47 x 31.8 x 45.7 cm DZAMA3617 Remus, 2014 Papier-mâché, plastic flowers, acrylic, and spray paint 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 18 inches 47 x 31.8 x 45.7 cm DZAMA3598

9 The one who laughs, 2014 Printed steel and spray paint 20 1/2 x 11 x 11 inches 52.1 x 27.9 x 27.9 cm DZAMA3592 Three-sided rook, 2014 Printed steel and spray paint 18 x 9 x 10 inches 45.7 x 22.9 x 25.4 cm DZAMA3589 The red king's head, 2014 Printed steel and spray paint 17 x 14 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches 43.2 x 36.8 x 36.8 cm DZAMA3691 The four kings of Latota, 2014 Printed steel and spray paint 19 1/2 x 15 x 14 inches 49.5 x 38.1 x 35.6 cm DZAMA3590 The grandmasters hall of fame, 2014 Cardboard, tape, gouache, papier-mâché, and graphite Diorama: 14 x 56 1/4 x 7 inches 35.6 x x 17.8 cm Cardboard: 12 1/2 x 54 x 5 inches 31.8 x x 12.7 cm DZAMA3622

10 The king and queen of the outcast teens, 2014 Cardboard, tape, gouache, foamcore, wood spray paint, and graphite Diorama: 14 x 56 1/4 x 7 inches 35.6 x x 17.8 cm Cardboard: 12 1/2 x 54 x 5 inches 31.8 x x 12.7 cm DZAMA3623 My dear Hermaphroditus, 2014 Papier-mâché, mannequin, fabric, silicone, metal, wood, plastic flower, aluminum foil, plastic wrap, duct tape, cardboard, lithograph and silkscreen print, and spray paint Dimensions vary with installation Approx: 66 x 45 x 22 inches x x 55.9 cm DZAMA (Blue rooms): Blue Version: Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance), 2013 Video projection, 17:27 min, color, sound Overall dimensions vary with each installation DZAMA3520 Fecal matter blues or Little blue bag, /4 x 18 1/4 x 7/8 inches 54 x 46.4 x 2.2 cm DZAMA3753

11 The juggler, /8 x 15 1/8 x 1 inches 46 x 38.4 x 2.5 cm Paper: 14 x 11 inches 35.6 x 27.9 cm DZAMA3702 I cannot justify my recordings, /4 x 18 1/4 x 7/8 inches 54 x 46.4 x 2.2 cm DZAMA3752 This is a serious movement, /4 x 21 1/4 x 7/8 inches 46.4 x 54 x 2.2 cm Paper: 14 x 17 inches 35.6 x 43.2 cm DZAMA3747

12 Peau d'âne or Skin of the ass, part work 42 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 1 inches x 36.8 x 2.5 cm Overall: 38 x 25 1/8 inches 96.5 x 63.8 cm Part 1 and 2, each: 17 3/8 x 12 3/4 inches 44.1 x 32.4 cm Part 3: 20 1/2 x 12 3/8 inches 52.1 x 31.4 cm Part 4: 20 5/8 x 12 3/4 inches 52.4 x 32.4 cm DZAMA3741 All the magic of night, /8 x 18 1/8 x 1 inches 53.7 x 46 x 2.5 cm DZAMA3704 Protestant blue shoes and a Catholic red dress, part work 26 1/8 x 21 1/8 x 1 inches 66.4 x 53.7 x 2.5 cm Overall: 22 x 17 inches 55.9 x 43.2 cm Each paper: 11 x 8 1/2 inches 27.9 x 21.6 cm DZAMA3706

13 Bon voyage or The punishment of pride, part work 18 1/8 x 26 1/8 x 1 inches 46 x 66.4 x 2.5 cm Overall: 14 x 22 inches 35.6 x 55.9 cm Each paper: 14 x 11 inches 35.6 x 27.9 cm DZAMA3696 My mistress of memories, /4 x 18 1/4 x 7 inches 54 x 46.4 x 38.1 cm DZAMA3746 Trickle down or A golden shower, 2014 Watercolor, gouache, collage, and graphite on paper 21 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 7 inches 54 x 46.4 x 38.1 cm Paper: 17 x 14 1/4 inches 43.2 x 36.2 cm DZAMA3743 The pulse of our own blood, /8 x 15 1/8 x 1 inches 46 x 38.4 x 2.5 cm Paper: 13 7/8 x 11 inches 35.2 x 27.9 cm DZAMA3694

14 The monstrous last desire, /8 x 15 1/8 x 1 inches 46 x 38.4 x 2.5 cm Paper: 14 x 11 inches 35.6 x 27.9 cm DZAMA3699 My mother, my father, my sister, my killer, my lover, my savior, and other faces I once knew, part work 21 1/4 x 32 1/4 x 7/8 inches 54 x 81.9 x 2.2 cm Overall: 17 x 28 inches 43.2 x 71.1 cm Each paper:17 x 14 inches DZAMA3750 Too many nights and only one queen or Long knights for a lonely queen, /8 x 18 1/8 x 7/8 inches 53 x 46 x 2.2 cm Paper: 14 1/8 x 16 3/4 inches 35.9 x 42.5 cm DZAMA3759

15 Lots of evil and few decibels or "Hey! No cell phones!", 2014 Watercolor, gouache, collage, and graphite on paper 18 1/4 x 21 1/8 x 7/8 inches 46.4 x 53.7 x 2.2 cm Paper: 14 1/8 x 16 7/8 inches 35.9 x 42.9 cm DZAMA3758 The mistakes are all there waiting to be made or The Cheshire defense, 2014 Watercolor, gouache, collage, and graphite on piano scroll 43 x 26 3/4 x 1 inches x 67.9 x 2.5 cm Paper: 38 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches 97.8 x 57.2 cm DZAMA3756 Une danse des bouffons #2, 2014 Graphite on paper 2 part work 27 3/4 x 23 1/8 x 1 inches 70.5 x 58.7 x 2.5 cm Overall: 23 1/2 x 19 inches 59.7 x 48.3 cm Each paper: 11 3/4 x 19 inches 29.8 x 48.3 cm DZAMA3697

16 The auction house, 2014 Watercolor, gouache, collage, and graphite on paper 21 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 7/8 inches 54 x 46.4 x 2.2 cm DZAMA3754 Neither more nor less or Neither simple nor straightforward, 2014 Watercolor, gouache, collage, and graphite on paper 21 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 7/8 inches 54 x 46.4 x 2.2 cm DZAMA3748 Envying these creatures and their tenacious lust, /8 x 18 1/8 x 1 inches 38.4 x 46 x 2.5 cm Paper: 11 x 13 7/8 inches 27.9 x 35.2 cm DZAMA3693 The land where all is silent, /8 x 18 1/8 x 1 inches 53.7 x 46 x 2.5 cm DZAMA3720

17 That famous blue raincoat, 2014 Watercolor, gouache, collage, and graphite on paper 21 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 7 inches 54 x 46.4 x 38.1 cm DZAMA3745 Firing squad blues, /4 x 18 1/4 x 7 inches 54 x 46.4 x 38.1 cm DZAMA3744 Who wins without a fight, 2014 Watercolor, gouache, collage and graphite on paper 23 1/8 x 14 3/8 x 1 inches 58.7 x 36.5 x 2.5 cm Paper: 18 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches 47.6 x 26 cm DZAMA3708 A night of guilty dreams, part work 18 1/8 x 37 1/8 x 1 inches 46 x 94.3 x 2.5 cm Overall: 14 x 33 inches 35.6 x 83.8 cm Each paper: 14 x 11 inches 35.6 x 27.9 cm DZAMA3695

18 The carnaval blues, part work 26 1/8 x 18 1/8 x 1 inches 66.4 x 46 x 2.5 cm Overall: 22 x 28 inches 55.9 x 71.1 cm Each paper: 11 x 14 inches 27.9 x 35.6 cm DZAMA3703 They'll dance the circular lines of the anus, 2014 Watercolor, gouache, collage, and graphite on paper 20 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches 51.4 x 36.8 x 3.8 cm Paper: 16 x 10 1/4 x 1/2 inches 40.6 x 26 x 1.3 cm DZAMA3760 A blue box for Marcel, 2013 Fabric, acrylic, wood, plaster, metal, paper, vinyl, porcelain, film, plastic flower, graphite, collage, and string Dimensions vary with installation Assemblage: 26 x 52 x 31 inches 66 x x 78.7 cm Box, closed: 5 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 19 5/8 inches 14 x 44.5 x 49.9 cm Box, open: 27 x 17 x 23 3/4 inches 68.6 x 43.2 x 60.3 cm DZAMA3480

19 Pot head, 2014 Papier-mâché, plastic flowers, spray paint, and acrylic and wood pedestal Overall: 84 x 35 x 31 inches x 88.9 x 78.7 cm Vase: 33 x 16 1/2 x 19 inches 83.8 x 41.9 x 48.3 cm Pedestal: 20 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches 52.1 x 47 x 47 cm DZAMA3604 Gold lion, 2014 Papier-mâché, plastic flowers, acrylic, and spray paint 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 18 inches 47 x 31.8 x 45.7 cm DZAMA3611 Silver lion, 2014 Papier-mâché, plastic flowers, acrylic, and spray paint 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 18 inches 47 x 31.8 x 45.7 cm DZAMA3612 The good king Jumex, 2013 Printed steel and spray paint 17 x 14 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches 43.2 x 36.8 x 36.8 cm DZAMA3499

20 The ones who laugh, 2014 Printed steel 20 1/2 x 11 x 11 inches 52.1 x 27.9 x 27.9 cm DZAMA3801 We three kings, 2014 Printed steel and spray paint 18 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches 47 x 24.1 x 26.7 cm DZAMA3796 The Jumex Janus, 2014 Printed steel and spray paint 19 1/2 x 13 x 14 1/2 inches 49.5 x 33 x 36.8 cm DZAMA3795 Performance for the king, 2014 Porcelain, wood, acrylic, spray paint, and vinyl 15 x 15 3/8 x 15 3/8 inches 38.1 x 39.1 x 39.1 cm DZAMA3793 Everyone is making love or only watching, 2014 Porcelain, wood, papier-mâché, acrylic, and spray paint 15 x 15 1/4 x 15 inches 38.1 x 38.7 x 38.1 cm DZAMA3792

21 Procession for a pawn, 2014 Porcelain, wood, acrylic, spray paint, and vinyl 15 x 15 1/4 x 15 inches 38.1 x 38.7 x 38.1 cm DZAMA3791 Off with his head, 2014 Porcelain, wood, acrylic, spray paint, and vinyl 15 x 15 1/4 x 15 3/8 inches 38.1 x 38.7 x 39.1 cm DZAMA3794 The fairest queen that every king envied, 2014 Cardboard, tape, gouache, papier-mâché, and graphite Diorama: 14 x 56 1/4 x 7 inches 35.6 x x 17.8 cm Cardboard: 12 1/2 x 54 x 5 inches 31.8 x x 12.7 cm DZAMA3621 The long blue line, 2013 Cardboard, tape, gouache, and graphite Diorama: 14 x 56 1/8 x 7 inches 35.6 x x 17.8 cm Cardboard: 12 1/2 x 54 x 5 inches 31.8 x x 12.7 cm DZAMA3517

22 Beautiful monster, 2014 Papier-mâché, fabric, silicone, metal, wood, plastic flowers, aluminum foil, bubble wrap, lighting filter, and spray paint 85 x 35 x 23 inches x 88.9 x 58.4 cm DZAMA /533 Middle: Death Disco Dance, 2011 Video on monitors, 4 min (loop), color, sound Video accompanied by Wooden box (Death Disco Dance) Box: Wood, acrylic, collage, plastic, and plaster Video dimensions vary with installation Box, open: 13 x 11 x 11 inches 33 x 27.9 x 27.9 cm Closed: 8 1/8 x 11 x 8 1/8 inches 20.6 x 27.9 x 20.6 cm DZAMA Wooden box (Death Disco Dance), 2013 Wood, acrylic, collage, plastic and plaster Open: 13 x 11 x 11 inches 33 x 27.9 x 27.9 cm Closed: 8 1/8 x 11 x 8 1/8 inches 20.6 x 27.9 x 20.6 cm DZAMA3452 Availability of the film "Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance):

23 Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance), 2013 Video projection, 35:22 min, black and white, sound Video accompanied by "Une danse des bouffons or (A jester's dance) Story Board": Ink and graphite on paper Dimensions vary with installation DZAMA3520 Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) storyboard, 2013 Ink, graphite, and gouache on paper -Walnut Dark Brown -9/16" face x 1 3/4" profile -1 1/4" Float on Antique Museum Board -7/16" Antique Fillet -3/8" space in between all drawings -Strainer with Cleat -UV plexi-walnut Dark Brown -9/16" face x 1 3/4" profile -1 1/4" Float on Antique Museum Board -7/16" Antique Fillet -3/8" space in between all drawings -Strainer with Cleat -UV plexi 10-part work 26 x 47 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches 66 x x 4.4 cm Overall: 22 x 34 inches 55.9 x 86.4 cm Each paper: 11 x 8 1/2 inches 27.9 x 21.6 cm DZAMA3521