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MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART DAY SALE, MORNING SESSION
ARTIST
John Baldessari
Size
each 47 3/8 x 37 3/4 in. (120.3 x 95.9 cm)
overall 47 3/8 x 75 1/2 in. (120.3 x 191.8 cm)
Description
Medium
digital photographic print on foam PVC board and enamel paint on canvas, in artist's frame, in 2 parts
Signature
Executed in 2005.
Provenance
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Galería Pepe Cobo, Madrid
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Sotheby's, New York, December 14, 2010, lot 87
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Fietta Jarque, “John Baldessari: no siempre sabemos interpretar lo que hay detras de una expression del rosto,” El Pais, Madrid, September 17, 2005, p. 17
Mariano Navarro, "John Baldessari, Apertura total y formulación de reglas," Artecontexto, no. 9, 2005, pp. 54, 59 (illustrated, p. 54)
"Meesterlijke Mindgame: John Baldessari - The Prima Facie Series," Zone 09, September 27, 2009, p. 58
Patrick Pardo and Robert Dean, eds., John Baldesarri Catalogue Raisonné, Volume 5, 2005–2010, New Haven, 2018, no. 2005.44, p. 64 (illustrated)
Exhibited
Madrid, Galería Pepe Cobo, John Baldessari: Prima Facie (Third State), September 14–November 10, 2005
Duerle, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, John Baldessari. The Prima Facie Series, September 17–December 3, 2006, n.p. (illustrated)
Zaragoza, Palacio de Sástago, Pepe Cobo y sus máquinas, March 9–April 23, 2007, p. 66 (illustrated)