Lot 28
  • 28

Paul McCarthy

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Paul McCarthy
  • Baby on a Snake
  • signed, dated 1992 and numbered 1/3 on the reverse
  • cibachrome print mounted on aluminium
  • 182.9 by 121.9 cm.; 72 by 48in.

Provenance

Galerie Georges Philippe Vallois, Paris
The Lambert Art Collection, Geneva

Literature

Ralph Rugoff, Kristine Stiles & Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Paul McCarthy, London 1996, p. 30, illustration of another example in colour
Paul McCarthy and Fredrik Nilsen, Paul McCarthy: Propo, Milan 1999, n.p., illustration of another example in colour

Condition

Colours: The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration, although the blue tends towards a slightly paler hue in the original. Condition: Mounted on aluminium, this work is in very good condition; examination under a raking light reveals no signs of damage.
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