Lot 507
  • 507

JOHN BALDESSARI | Arms & Legs (Specif. Elbows & Knees), Etc. (Part One): Elbow (With Blue Hat)

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description

  • John Baldessari
  • Arms & Legs (Specif. Elbows & Knees), Etc. (Part One): Elbow (With Blue Hat)
  • three-dimensional archival print laminated with Lexan and mounted on Sintra, with acrylic paint
  • 120 1/2 by 47 1/4 in. 306.1 by 120 cm.
  • Executed in 2007.

Provenance

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York 
Acquired from the above by the present owner in January 2008

Exhibited

Paris, Marian Goodman Gallery, John Baldessari, October - November 2007, pp. 13 and 27, illustrated

Literature

Patrick Pardo and Robert Dean, Eds., John Baldessari Catalogue RaisonnĂ©: Volume Five: 2005-2010, New Haven 2018, cat. no. 2007.55, p. 215, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in excellent condition overall. There is evidence of very minor wear and handling along the edges. Framed.
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Catalogue Note

"He also constructs images that are photographs in relief. Metaphorically speaking, his process links up with the definition of the hologram: a three-dimensional image suspended in midair. Baldessari creates 'transfer images,' interferences, revealed by color and cutting. He invents a poetics whose grammar connects with a way of thinking about the world, rid of all belief. The world is thus rooted in a history that is no longer to be believed but conceived." Marie de Brugerolle in Exh. Cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art (and traveling), John Baldessari: Pure Beauty, 2009, p. 313