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John Baldessari (b. 1931)
Lot 138

John Baldessari (b. 1931)

Noses & Ears, Etc.: Blood, Fist, and Head (With Nose and Ear)

Closed1 July 2009

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GBP 51,650

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John Baldessari (b. 1931)
Noses & Ears, Etc.: Blood, Fist, and Head (With Nose and Ear)
three dimensional archival digital photographic print with acrylic paint
51 5/8 x 43in. (131.13 x 109.22cm.)
Executed in 2006

Marianne Goodman Gallery, New York.
Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

The artist has requested this work for inclusion in his upcoming retrospective, John Baldessari: Pure Beauty, opening at Tate Modern, London in October 2009 and travelling through January 2011 to Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.