Lot 6
Dean Baldwin Lew
Lot 6 Details
Dean Baldwin Lew
THE SEE METHUSELAH, 2024
one Methuselah sized glass bottle, paint marker, cork, sealing wax, grape juice, body heat; unique bottling on the occasion of C’s 40th
bottle 7 x 7 x 22 in — 17.8 x 17.8 x 55.9 cm; crate 10 x 10 x 25 in — 25.4 x 25.4 x 63.5 cm
Estimate $2,625-$3,500
Sold For:
$650
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Provenance:
Courtesy of the artist and MKG127, Toronto
Note:
Dean Baldwin Lew gambols down many avenues, including installation, social practice, and kooky gastronomic pursuits. Raised in his mother's restaurant, he iterates on themes of hospitality, conviviality, performative still-life, and the structural discrepancies around which we pivot. This is his seventh year as a dedicated winemaker.
On the 40th anniversary of C Magazine, the artist has produced a special single bottling of two vintages. This Methuselah is a 6L bottle (8 standard bottles and equivalent to the average volume of blood in the human body). This red wine is 75% Merlot from the Creek Shores in Niagara and was vinified at MKG127 during an exhibition last fall when present vineyard yeasts were activated by the body heat of attendees at the exhibition opening. The other 25% is Petit Pearl from the Georgian Bay Highlands vinified separately in 2021. It is unfiltered and without additions beyond minimal sulphur at bottling. This wine should be kept at cellar temperature, and it is recommended that it not be opened till 2035.