Contemporary Discoveries
Contemporary Discoveries
Mary Bauermeister
The A's Touch, HaHa
No reserve
Lot Closed
July 16, 05:27 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Mary Bauermeister
1934 - 2023
The A's Touch, HaHa
signed, dated 1968 and variously inscribed (lower left); dated 1968 and inscribed for Albert Ratcliffe (upper right); signed, dated 1968 and inscribed for Albert Ratcliffe (along the lower edge of the orb)
offset lithograph, ink, wooden sphere on cardboard
24¼ by 32¼ by 2¾ in.
61.6 by 81.9 by 7 cm.
Executed in 1967, dedicated in 1968, this example is the artist’s proof from the original series of 10 plus 1 artist’s proof.
This work is registered in The Mary Bauermeister Art Estate Catalogue Raisonné database under pw.1967.004.
The Albert and Vera Maxine Ratcliffe Collection (acquired as a gift from the artist)
MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois
Selkirk Auctions St. Louis, 21 July 2018, lot 14 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Subsequent to the execution and dedication of this work, the artist released other versions of The A's Touch, HaHa, including colorized variations.
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