On sale at Christie’s in a few days, this ‘drawer’ by Christian Boltanski, 1988, is filled like a suitcase – old clothes and letters under black gauze. Even in a context where works are inseparable from their financial value, it remained a powerful piece, a jolt from the present, and the most moving piece of the preliminary showing.

Published December 1, 2014 at 640 × 640 in On sale at Christie’s in a few days, this ‘drawer’ by Christian Boltanski, 1988, is filled like a suitcase – old clothes and letters under black gauze. Even in a context where works are inseparable from their financial value, it remained a powerful piece, a jolt from the present, and the most moving piece of the preliminary showing.

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