Contemporary Day Auction

Karl Wirsum

Study for Drop a Lozenge Ferret Attitude on the Way to the Letter Drop

Auction Closed

May 19, 10:59 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 9,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Karl Wirsum

1939 - 2021

Study for Drop a Lozenge Ferret Attitude on the Way to the Letter Drop

signed (lower left); dated 85 (on the verso)

graphite and crayon on paper

24 by 18 in.

61 by 45.7 cm.

Executed in 1985.

Collection of the artist
Derek Eller Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in 2018 by the present owner

New York, Derek Eller Gallery, Karl Wirsum: Mr. Whatzit: Selections from the 1980s, September - October 2017, p. 31, illustrated in color

Nicole Rudick, "Karl Wirsum's Casting Call," The Paris Review, 13 September 2017, illustrated in color (online)

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