Lot 342
  • 342

John Baldessari

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
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Description

  • John Baldessari
  • Blockage (Yellow): With Person (Black) and Hippopotami (Blue and Red)
  • 3D digital archival print with acrylic paint on Sintra, Dibond and Gatorfoam panels
  • 180.3 by 218 by 10cm.; 71 by 85 7/8 by 4in.
  • Executed in 2004.

Provenance

Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Marian Goodman Gallery, John Baldessari, 2005

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although it fails to fully convey the three dimensionality of the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

"I go back and forth between wanting to be abundantly simple and maddening complex. I always compare what I do to the work of a mystery writer - like, you don't want to know the end of the book right away."

JOHN BALDESSARI
in conversation with David Salle, 'John Baldessari,' Interview Magazine, online resource