Lot 329
  • 329

RICHARD PRINCE | Untitled (Head)

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Richard Prince
  • Untitled (Head)
  • signed, dated 1999 and variously inscribed
  • ink, wax crayon, gouache and paper collage on 2 adjoined sheets of paper
  • 22 by 15 1/4 in. 55.9 by 38.7 cm.

Provenance

Skarstedt Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in September 2002

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The upper horizontal and right vertical edges are deckled. The lower and left vertical edges are unevenly cut. There is a minute tear 3 ΒΌ inches from the lower right corner of the sheet. Upon extremely close inspection, there is a small area of foxing toward the upper right corner of the sheet. Upon further close inspection, there are some minor splatter accretions scattered throughout towards the upper right quadrant of the composition. The sheet is hinged in numerous places verso to the mount. Framed
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