John Baldessari - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Thursday, June 27, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Sonnabend Gallery, New York
    Massimo Valsecchi, Milan
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Ohio, Gallery of Fine Art, John Baldessari: Recent Work, 12 February - 14 February 1976
    Milan, Galeria Massimo Valsecchi, John Baldessari, 1977
    London, Tate Modern; Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Baldessari: Pure Beauty, 13 October 2009 – 9 January 2011, pp. 184-85 and 319 (illustrated)
    New York, Simon Lee Gallery; London, Simon Lee Gallery, Towards Infinity: 1965–1980, 2 May - 7 September 2018

  • Literature

    Patrick Pardo and Robert Dean, John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonné: Volume Two: 1975 - 1986, New Haven, 2019, pp. 82-83, 112 (illustrated)

157

Word Chain: Faucet (Ilene's story)

signed, titled and dated 'WORD CHAIN: FAUCET (ILENE'S STORY) BALDESSARI 75' lower edge of the larger part
black and white photographs and colour photographs with pencil on paper and typewritten text with pencil on paper, in 2 parts
smaller part 27.8 x 21.5 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.)
larger part 82.7 x 70 cm (32 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.)

Executed in 1975.

Estimate
£70,000 - 90,000 

Contact Specialist

Tamila Kerimova

Director, Specialist
Head of Day Sale
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 28 June 2019