Live Auction 2221Post-War & Contemporary Afternoon Session
Christie’s roundel
Lot 315

John Wesley (b. 1928)

White Hand Over Nice

Closed11 November 2009

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USD 68,500

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John Wesley (b. 1928)
White Hand Over Nice
titled 'WHITE HAND OVER NICE' (lower center); signed, titled again and dated ''WHITE HAND OVER NICE' John Wesley 1974' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
26 x 36 in. (66 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1974.

Monaco Art Centre, Monaco
Acquired from the above by the previous owner
By descent to the present owner

Specialist note

Many people find my pictures funny which I rather enjoy. I think much of my intent is humor. Once someone close to me counseled me before I was to meet a journalist that I should take it very seriously or I might read in a newspaper someday that I was a jackass

(J. Wesley, Critical Appraisal, 1976).