Mel Bochner - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in Association with Poly Auction Hong Kong Sunday, June 6, 2021 | Phillips

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  • I think all of my work is premised on humor in some way, if you take humor as a way of challenging convention and perceptions as they exist. Not like Joe Pesci says, funny ha-ha, but ironic. I think were living through a period where maybe thats not valued as highly, but I do think that the human mind seeks a kind of expansion of itself, which, for lack of a better word, you could call something new. You have to discover it, and nobody can tell you where it is.    — Mel Bochner 

    Mel Bochner
    Mel Bochner photographed in his studio in New York
    Credit: Kyle Knodell

     

    • Provenance

      Two Palms Press, New York
      Acquired from the above by the present owner

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signed and dated 'BOCHNER 2019' upper left
monoprint in oil with engraving and embossment
169 x 122 cm. (66 1/2 x 48 in.)
Executed in 2019.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
HK$300,000 - 500,000 
€31,700-52,900
$38,500-64,100

Sold for HK$945,000

Contact Specialist

Danielle So
Associate Specialist, Head of Day Sale
DanielleSo@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in Association with Poly Auction

Hong Kong Auction 7 June 2021