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DONALD BAECHLER (1956-2022)
Lot 427 LOISAIDA: 1980’S GRAFFITI AND STREET ART FROM THE JOHN P. AXELROD COLLECTION

DONALD BAECHLER (1956-2022)

Water Closet Drawing

Closed18 November 2022

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USD 16,380

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DONALD BAECHLER (1956-2022)
Water Closet Drawing
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'DB 85' (lower edge)
gouache and paper collage on paper
23 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (60.3 x 45.1 cm.)
Executed in 1985.

Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Phillips, New York, 8 March 2012, lot 129
Web Gallery NYC, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

“I always used to tell people, ‘I’m an abstract artist before anything else.'...For me, it’s always been more about line, form, balance and the edge of the canvas—all these silly formalist concerns—than it has been about subject matter or narrative or politics.” -Donald Baechler