Lot 143
  • 143

Portfolio

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Portfolio
  • Artists for Obama
  • 13 prints (intalgio and planar) on wove papers
  • largest sheet: 356 by 356 mm 14 by 14 in
The portfolio, comprising 13 prints (six printed in colors) by various artists, 2008, 11 signed in pencil, two initialed in pencil, each dated and numbered 80/150 (total edition includes 13 artist's proofs), on various papers, printed and published for the Obama Victory Fund by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, 12 with their blindstamp, each with their inkstamp on the verso, lacking the colophon and original paper folder, framed (13 prints)

Condition

The prints are in good condition, recto and verso, the full sheets (seven prints examined out of their frames).
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Catalogue Note

The portfolio includes the following prints: John Baldessari, Raised Eyebrows/Furrowed Foreheads (Red, White, and Blue)
Jonathan Borofsky, Human Structures and the Light of Consciousness for Obama
Frank Gehry, Sitonme
Ann Hamilton, O
Jasper Johns, Untitled
Ellsworth Kelly, Blue Gray Green Red
Brice Marden, Etching for Obama
Julie Mehretu, Untitled (amulets)
Ken Price, Living with Rocks
Susan Rothenberg, Twisted Cat
Ed Ruscha, All Points
Richard Serra, Promenade Notebook Drawing for Obama
Richard Tuttle, Word of Mouth