John Baldessari

Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1989)
Private Collection (by descent from the above in 1993)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1999

London, Lisson Gallery, John Baldessari, May – June, 1988

Michael Archer, “Staffa Project: Immants Tillers; John Baldessari,” Art Monthly, June 1988, cat. no. 117, p. 26
Patrick Pardo and Robert Dean, Eds., John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonné, Volume 3: 1987–1993, New Haven 2015, p. 104, illustrated

This work is in very good condition overall. The four prints are mounted verso to the backing board. Upon close inspection there is a soft undulation throughout the sheets. There are minor scattered losses along the edges and corners of the work, not visible when framed. Framed under Plexiglas.
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"I go back and forth between wanting to be abundantly simple and maddeningly 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. What a good writer does is give you false clues. You go here, no, that's not right; you go here, no, that's not right, and then...I much prefer that kind of game." John Baldessari