A Life of Discovery: Works from The Allan Stone Collection | Contemporary Art Online
A Life of Discovery: Works from The Allan Stone Collection | Contemporary Art Online
JOHN O'REILLY | POSING FOR PICASSO; AS ARTIST AND MODEL
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December 10, 05:45 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 USD
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JOHN O'REILLY
b. 1930
POSING FOR PICASSO; AS ARTIST AND MODEL
i. signed, dated 2/5/84 and inscribed
ii. signed and dated 8/4/84
i, ii. photograph collage on board
i, ii. Board: 13 by 17 in. (33 by 43.2 cm)
Please note that this work will be exhibited at Allan Stone Projects. Purchased items will be available for collection at Crozier Fine Arts, 1 Star Ledger Plaza, Newark, NJ as of Thursday, December 13th.
Allan Stone Gallery, New York
i, ii. New York, Allan Stone Gallery, John O'Reilly, December 1985 - January 1986
O'Reilly is known for his photographic collages which often include art historical references, dichotomous images juxtaposing family photographs, reproductions of works by Vermeer or Caravaggio, and gay pornography. He has created several series dedicated to artists who struggled with their sexuality, such as Marsden Hartley, Hart Crane, and Henry James. O’Reilly exhibited with Allan Stone Projects throughout the 1980s, a time when the subject of sexual identity was at the forefront of social, political and cultural discourse. O’Reilly has shown at many renowned institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and he was included in the 1995 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, among others.