Lot 109
  • 109

Mike Kelley & Paul McCarthy

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Mike Kelley & Paul McCarthy
  • Fresh Acconci
  • signed, dated 1995 and numbered 4/30
  • c-print and VHS tape in a clamshell box, in 17 parts
  • Each photograph: 14 by 11 in. 35.5 by 27.9 cm.
  • Box: 14 1/2 by 11 3/4 by 2 1/4 in. 36.8 by 29.8 by 5.7 cm.

Provenance

Galerie Krinziger, Vienna
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2000

Literature

Ralph Rugoff, Kristine Stiles, Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Paul McCarthy, London, 1996, illustrated in color pp. 138-141

Condition

This work consists of a VHS tape and 15 photographs in a clamshell box. The photographs are in very good condition overall. Each is stored in a plastic sleeve. There are some minor scattered surface scratches. The VHS is in very good condition and working order. There is some very minor graininess to the image, consistent with the artistÂ’s choice of medium. The sound is clear. The length of the tape is 45 minutes.
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