Lot 445
  • 445

Mike Kelley

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Mike Kelley
  • The Big Day
  • each signed and dated 1980 on the reverse
  • ink and gouache on paper, in 2 parts
  • Each: 23 5/8 by 18 in. 60 by 45.7 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, Los Angeles
Christie's, New York, February 23, 1994, lot 226
Jablonka Galerie, Cologne
David Zwirner Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The is evidence of wear and handling around the edges of both sheets. There is a slight undulation to each sheet, consistent with the artist's use of medium. There is a 1/3 inch brown accretion located near the far right edge of the left sheet. Framed under Plexiglas.
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