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JAUME PLENSA (Spanish, b. 1955) Conversation IV, 2007 Glass, stainless steel, LED light units, electronic control box 86-1/4 x 34-7/8 x 31-1/2 inches (219 x 88.5 x 80 cm) Property of a Distinguished Gentleman PROVENANCE: Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago (acquired by the present owner, 2007) EXHIBITED: Montréal, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, since 2012 NOTE: This sculpture is located at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal and is being offered in situ. The buyer will be responsible for making deinstallation and shipping arrangements from this location. Detailed condition reports are available upon request. While at once mimicking the architecture of an a phone booth and an isolation chamber, Jaume Plensa's Conversation IV pulses with an ever-changing light display from within, illuminating the glass brick structure and calling the body forth. The structure is a vessel, a metaphor of and for the body, one that only contains emptiness and keeps the door shut to its interior and the outside world. This transparent void filled with cool, colored light beckons the viewer to engage with it directly, questioning the very nature of the relationship of viewer, object and the world beyond.