Mike Kelley - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale New York Tuesday, November 10, 2015 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica
    Collection of Howard Rachofsky, Dallas
    Christie's, New York, Post-War and Contemporary Art, November 11, 2004, lot 357
    Private Collection
    Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, Contemporary Art, Part I, May 11, 2006, lot 59
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Santa Monica, Patrick Painter, Inc., Mike Kelley, February - March, 1998
    Vancouver, University of British Columbia, Mike Kelley and John Miller, January - March, 2000

  • Literature

    Consolation Prize: Mike Kelley and John Miller, exh. cat., Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, 2000, pp. 38-39, 52-53; back cover (illustrated)

  • Catalogue Essay

    "As an Artist I am interested in how, in different periods, various elements of this general mythology are focused upon and portrayed. What are the shifts in style? And what does that style reveal about the specifics of a historical moment." Mike Kelley, 1999

148

Party Girl

1998
acrylic and ink on panel, stuffed dolls, metal, motors, speakers, CD, CD player and movie posters in wooden frame
overall 94 x 58 x 34 1/2 in. (238.8 x 147.3 x 87.6 cm)
mobile 28 x 18 x 36 in. (71.1 x 45.7 x 91.4 cm)
movie poster 80 x 27 in. (203.2 x 68.6 cm)
CD player 12 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (32.4 x 26.7 x 31.8 cm)

Estimate
$200,000 - 300,000 

Sold for $221,000

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York Auction 10 November 2015 11am