Paul McCarthy - New Now London Wednesday, December 6, 2023 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
    NYEHAUS, New York
    Patrick Painter, Los Angeles
    Private Collection, New York
    Private Collection
    Phillips, New York, 27 February 2019, lot 90
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Des Moines Art Center; New York, The Brooklyn Museum of Art; Cincinnati, The Contemporary Arts Center; Tampa Museum of Art; Chicago Cultural Center; Akron Art Museum; West Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art; Tacoma, Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art; The Huntsville Museum of Art, My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation, February 2001 - January 2004, pp. 23, 71 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 23)
    New York, NYEHAUS, Paul McCarthy: Between Beauty and the Beast, Sculptures, Drawings and Photographs, 28 October - 30 December 2006, no. 14, p. 14 (another example exhibited and illustrated)

92

Dwarf Head (chocolate)

platinum-based silicone and wood crate
head 39.4 x 43.2 x 48.9 cm (15 1/2 x 17 x 19 1/4 in.)
crate 61.6 x 52.4 x 54.6 cm (24 1/4 x 20 5/8 x 21 1/2 in.)
overall 101 x 52.4 x 54.6 cm (39 3/4 x 20 5/8 x 21 1/2 in.)

Executed in 2000, this work is from a series of 7 uniquely coloured variants plus 2 artist's proofs.

Estimate
£20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for £20,320

Contact Specialist

Charlotte Gibbs
Associate Specialist, Head of New Now
+44 20 7901 7993
CGibbs@phillips.com
 

New Now

London Auction 6 December 2023