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MIKE KELLEY | Asher Benjamin: Author of "The Country Builder's Assistant" (from the Reconstructed History Series)

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Mike Kelley
  • Asher Benjamin: Author of "The Country Builder's Assistant" (from the Reconstructed History Series)
  • gelatin silver print 
  • image: 6 1/4 by 7 1/2 in. 15.9 by 19.1 cm.
  • sheet: 8 by 10 in. 20.3 by 25.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1989, this work is the artist’s proof from an edition of 1, plus 1 artist’s proof.
signed, dated 1989 and numbered AP 1/1 on the reverse

Provenance

Skarstedt Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by Marc Jacobs in September 2002

Literature

Mike Kelley, Reconstructed History, Los Angeles 1990, pl. 17, illustrated

Condition

This work is in excellent condition overall. The sheet is hinged verso to the reverse of the window mat along the top edge. Framed under Plexiglas.
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