#installation vs unique work vs edition is a distinction that did not benefit this body of work or the way it's been preserved and presented

[gregdotorg]

the stack of 16 from rosa de la cruz's collection are definitely the best gabriel orozco manipulated roof tiles being sold this week, but they are not as good as the fourteen that were sold individually. sorry to speak ill of the dead who demanded unique works even if they weren't as interesting as the editions.

images: Gabriel Orozco, Pluie de Doigts (Fingers of Rain), 1993, 16 terra cotta roof tiles poked by the artist, bought by Rosa de la Cruz, and sold by her family in December 2024 at Christie's; Made in Belgium, 1993, one of fourteen torqued terra cotta roof tiles sold as individual editions, this one turned up at Skinner in 2018