- 444
Fred Tomaselli
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Fred Tomaselli
- Green on Red
signed, titled and dated 1995 on the reverse
- acrylic, hemp leaves and resin on panel
- 72 by 54 in. 182.9 by 137.2 cm.
Provenance
Private Collection, California
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Exhibited
Washington, D.C, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 44th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting: Painting Outside Painting, December 1995 - February 1996
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, Sowon Kwon: Two or Three Comodores, October 2000 - January 2001
New York, Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, LLC., Autumn Group Show, September - October 2008
Literature
Howard Risatti, "Painting Outside of Painting," Artforum, April 1996
Condition
This work appears in excellent condition overall. The surface is clean and fresh. There are no apparent condition problems with this work. Under ultraviolet inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"I started thinking about the rhetoric surrounding premodernist paintings and how it dovetailed with some of the language around psychedelic drugs. Both trafficked in escapism, the sublime, and altered consciousness. Both required the consumption of fetishistic commodities dependent upon surplus wealth and leisure time. I was thinking about the premodernist ideal of pictures as windows to other realities, as transportation vehicles to other worlds, versus the modernist ideal of pictures as mirrors to this world." - Fred Tomaselli, 2010