Lot 290
  • 290

Jim Shaw

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Jim Shaw
  • Dream Object: Paperback Cover Painting
  • signed, dated '98 and inscribed (A girl is trapped in a giant gold gift box of giant oranges. A crowd attempts to turn it over so she can get out but a giant tarantula approaches so they scatter. I reach in (giant scale) to protect her, but the tarantula climbs onto my hand & I whack it against a wall) on a label affixed to the reverse
  • gouache and pencil on rag board mounted on plywood
  • 10 1/2 by 6 3/8 in.
  • 26.7 by 16.2 cm.

Provenance

Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica
Aquired by the present owner from the above, 1998

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall; there are no apparent condition issues. Framed under glass.
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