Lot 497
  • 497

John Baldessari

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description

  • John Baldessari
  • Prima Facie (Second State): Kind
  • archival digital print on canvas with UV varnish coating and acrylic on canvas, in 2 parts
  • Overall: 66 3/4 by 109 in. 169.5 by 276.9 cm.
  • Executed in 2005.

Provenance

Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
Acquired by the present owner from the above in June 2005

Exhibited

Zurich, Mai 36 Galerie, John Baldessari: Prima Facie (Second State), June - July 2005

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is scattered hairline craquelure along the edges of the left panel, which has resulted in some very minor losses, only noticeable when inspected closely. Framed. When viewed under ultraviolet light there is no evidence of restoration.
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Catalogue Note

“I was always interested in language. I thought, why not? If a painting, by the normal definition of the term, is paint on canvas, why can't it be painted words on canvas? And then I also had a parallel interest in photography…I could never figure out why photography and art had separate histories. So I decided to explore both.” John Baldessari, 2013