John Baldessari

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Madrid, Galería Pepe Cobo, John Baldessari: Prima Facie (Third State), September 2005
Córdoba, Fundación Provincial de Artes Plásticas Rafael Botí, Imágenes Mágicas, January - February 2007, pp. 72-73
Zaragoza, Palacio de Sástago, Pepe Cobo Y Sus Máquinas, March - April 2007, p. 67

Exh. Cat., Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, John Baldessari: The Prima Facie Series, Deurle, 2006, p. 23-25, illustrated 
Aimee Selby, ed., Art & Text, London, 2009, p. 195, illustrated

This work is in very good condition overall. There is a 1/4 inch abrasion on the photograph located 18 inches from the bottom along the right edge. The painted panel exhibits light evidence of wear and handling at the edges. Under ultraviolet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. The photograph is framed under Plexiglas and the painting is framed.
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