Mike Kelley

a suite of 26 digital pigment prints, each signed, dated, lettered sequentially, and editioned '3/5' in pencil on the reverse, framed, 2001 (26)

Acquired by the present owner from Patrick Painter Editions, Hong Kong

These digital pigment prints on rag paper are in generally excellent condition. On the reverse of each frame is a Patrick Painter Editions, Hong Kong, gallery label, with printed credit, title, date, plate number, and edition. Some of the labels are signed by Kelley in ink. Although the labels indicate that these prints are from the set of 2 artist's proofs, the artist has written on the reverse of each print that they are in fact number 3 from the edition of 5. The edition of 5 were produced as digital pigments prints on rag paper. The two sets of artist's proofs were produced as toned gelatin silver prints.
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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.

1) Frontspiece: Local Newspaper Article from the Wayne/Westland Eagle
2) Ceramic Jug with Abstract Blob Decoration, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI
3) Ceramic Crock Decorated with the Figure Titled "Our Next President." Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI
4) Lot 430 "An Unusual Salt Glazed Colbalt Blue Decorated Stoneware Jug Third Quarter 19^th Century Decorated with an African American Man in a Top Hat"
5) The Land O'Lakes Girl, Peche Island
6) Lincoln's Death Chair, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI
7) Edison's Last Breath, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI
8) Pock Fighting Island
9) Bray's Hamburgers, Westland, MI
10) Bonfire Remains, Sugar Island, Detroit River
11) Abandoned Rock House, Bob-Lo Island, Detroit River
12) Former Kelley Residence, Westland, MI
13) The 'Mansion on the Hill,' Westland, MI
14) Grandma's House, Norwayne, MI
15) Zug Island, Detroit River
16) Park Cul-de-sac, Wayne, MI
17) Statue of the Virgin Mary, St. Mary's School, Wayne, MI
18) Bronze Sculpture by Fritz Koenig, Westland Mall
19) Front Entrance, St. Mary's School, Wayne, MI
20) Boiler Room with Entrance to the Secret Tunnels
21) Rear View, Eloise Mental Hospital, Wayne, MI
22) Spire, Bob-Lo Island, Detroit River
23) The Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI
24) Interior of Shack, Stony Island
25) Tree Obscuring Auditorium Dome, John Glenn H.S., Westland, MI
26) Halloween Decorations, Bob-Lo Island