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Lot 157
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John Baldessari

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • John Baldessari
  • Looking While Catching and Holding (Frog and Butterfly); Man and Woman in Bed, Obliterated, Hand Holding Fountain; and Love and Work (Coplan-Hurowitz 19, 33 and 53)
  • The first: signed and inscribed A/P For Arnold From John
    The second: signed lower right and numbered 10/50
    The third: signed lower right, numbered AP 5/15 and inscribed For Arnold
  • Intaglio and relief prints
  • first sheet: 916 by 634 mm 36 by 24 in
  • second sheet: 755 by 517 mm 29 3/4 by 20 3/8 in
Three relief prints with intaglio, printed in colors, 1984-91, each signed in pencil, the first inscribed 'A. P.', one of 15 artist's proofs aside from the approximate edition of 100, dedicated  'FOR ARNOLD FROM JOHN', the second numbered 10/50 and dedicated FOR ARNOLD', the third inscribed  'AP 5/15', an artist's proof aside from the edition of 60, on various wove papers, printed by Silver Lake Press, Los Angeles, by Magnolia Editions, Oakland, and by Branstead Studio, New York, (and with their blindstamp) respectively, on various wove papers, framed (3 prints)

Condition

With full margins, in generally good condition except C.H. 19 with two pin holes at upper corners and two minor handling creases in the upper margin.
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