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John Giorno

LIFE IS A KILLER, BLACK AND BLUE

Auction Closed

November 17, 10:15 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

John Giorno

1936 - 2019


LIFE IS A KILLER, BLACK AND BLUE

signed John Giorno, titled, dated 1988 and numbered A/P 1/1 (on the reverse)

silkscreen on vinyl

48 by 48 in.

121.9 by 121.9 cm.

Executed in 1988.

Please refer to sothebys.com for updated provenance on this lot.

Max Wigram Gallery, London (acquired directly from the artist in 2014)

Acquired from the above in 2014 by the present owner

Laura Hoptman, “Words Come from Sound: John Giorno’s Life in Art,” Palais: The Magazine of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2015, p. 116, illustrated in color