Lot 116
  • 116

Jack Pierson

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jack Pierson
  • UGLY
  • signed and dated July 1997 on the reverse of the letter G
  • found plastic letters, in four parts
  • smallest: 27.2 by 23.7 by 3cm.; 10 3/4 by 9 3/8 by 1 1/8 in.
  • largest: 62 by 45 by 3cm.; 24 1/2 by 17 3/4 by 1 1/8 in.

Provenance

Bortolami Gallery, New York

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2004

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the red is slightly deeper, the blue is slightly brighter and the white tends more towards a true white in the original. Condition: This work is in very good and original condition. All surface irregularities are in keeping with the artist's choice of found medium.
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