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Dwarf Head (chocolate)
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ARTIST
Paul McCarthy
Size
head 39.4 x 43.2 x 48.9 cm (15 1/2 x 17 x 19 1/4 in.)
crate 61.6 x 52.4 x 54.6 cm (24 1/4 x 20 5/8 x 21 1/2 in.)
overall 101 x 52.4 x 54.6 cm (39 3/4 x 20 5/8 x 21 1/2 in.)
Description
Medium
platinum-based silicone and wood crate
Signature
Executed in 2000, this work is from a series of 7 uniquely coloured variants plus 2 artist's proofs.
Provenance
Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
NYEHAUS, New York
Patrick Painter, Los Angeles
Private Collection, New York
Private Collection
Phillips, New York, 27 February 2019, lot 90
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Des Moines Art Center; New York, The Brooklyn Museum of Art; Cincinnati, The Contemporary Arts Center; Tampa Museum of Art; Chicago Cultural Center; Akron Art Museum; West Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art; Tacoma, Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art; The Huntsville Museum of Art, My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation, February 2001 - January 2004, pp. 23, 71 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 23)
New York, NYEHAUS, Paul McCarthy: Between Beauty and the Beast, Sculptures, Drawings and Photographs, 28 October - 30 December 2006, no. 14, p. 14 (another example exhibited and illustrated)