Lot 521
  • 521

Mike Kelley

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Mike Kelley
  • It's a Hereditary Trait
  • India ink on two attached sheets of gessoed paper
  • 23 3/4 by 59 1/2 in. 60.3 by 151.1 cm.
  • Executed in 1982.

Provenance

Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Sotheby's S|2, Not Californian, September 2012, cat. no. 22, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is a slight undulation to the sheet which is inherent to the medium and the artist's working method. There are very minor paper losses in the top and bottom corners of the left edge, as well as a small crease in the bottom right corner. There are minor smudges scattered across the surface of the sheet which appear inherent to the artistÂ’s working method. Framed under Plexiglas.
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