Lot 540
  • 540

Paul McCarthy

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Paul McCarthy
  • The Bavarian Deer
  • color coupler print
  • 108 by 71 1/2 in. 274.3 by 181.6 cm.
  • Executed in 1987-1989, this work is number 3 from an edition of 3.

Provenance

Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Stockholm, Moderna Museet; ARoS Aarhus Museum of Art; Ghent, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Paul McCarthy Head Shop/Shop Head, Works 1966 - 2006, June 2006 - February 2008, p. 340, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Naples, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, People: Volti, Corpi e Signi Contemporanei dalla Collezione di Ernesto Esposito, June - August 2006, pp. 90-91, illustrated (another example exhibited)

Literature

Exh. Cat., Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art (and travelling), Paul McCarthy, 2000 - 2001, p. 141, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There are a few spots where the wood frame has been filled, and it appears that the side spacers are slightly loose along the bottom left and right edges. Framed under Plexiglas.
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