Property from the Estate of Martin Lipton, Boca Raton
138
Red Grooms
Dali Salad II
- Estimate
- $2,500 - 3,500
$2,750
Lot Details
Three-dimensional screenprint and lithograph in colors, on Arches paper, Japanese paper, vinyl cut-outs, and ping-pong balls mounted to white painted museum board backing, contained in the original Plexiglas dome frame.
1980
26 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (67.3 x 69.9 x 31.8 cm)
Signed and dated in pencil and numbered 47/55 on a metal plaque affixed to the reverse (there were also 12 artist's proofs), co-published by Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York and Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York, framed.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
For this remarkably complex project, Grooms used fresh vegetables he purchased at a Minneapolis supermarket as the models for his salad ingredients, which were recreated as screenprints on vinyl. Painted ping pong balls were used for Dali's intense gaze.
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