Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
Mike Kelley
Know Nothing and If You Don't Want to Know the Definition Don't Open the Dictionary (from the Sublime)
Auction Closed
November 17, 10:15 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Mike Kelley
1954 - 2012
Know Nothing and If You Don't Want to Know the Definition Don't Open the Dictionary (from the Sublime)
signed Mike Kelley and dated 1984 (on the verso of each)
acrylic on paper, in 2 parts
i. 69 by 47¾ in. 175.3 by 121.3 cm.
ii. 41¾ by 27¾ in. 106 by 70.5 cm.
Executed in 1984.
Lori and Ira Young, Los Angeles
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above in January 2001 by the present owner
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above in January 2001 by the present owner
Exh. Cat., Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (and travelling), Mike Kelley 1985-1996, 1997, p. 6, partially illustrated in color
New York, Metro Pictures & Los Angeles, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, The Sublime, 1984
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Los Angeles Museum of American Art; Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Mike Kelley, 1994, pp. 152-153, illustrated in color
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Paris, Centre Pompidou; New York, MoMA PS1; Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Mike Kelley, 2012, pp. 66-67, illustrated in color
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Los Angeles Museum of American Art; Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Mike Kelley, 1994, pp. 152-153, illustrated in color
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Paris, Centre Pompidou; New York, MoMA PS1; Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Mike Kelley, 2012, pp. 66-67, illustrated in color