Live Auction 2412Christie's Interiors
Mikel Alatza (American, 20th Century)
Lot 81 The Dennis Hopper Collection
(Lots 1-242 and 526-572)

Mikel Alatza (American, 20th Century)

Bruce Marder

Closed12 January 2011

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Mikel Alatza (American, 20th Century)
Bruce Marder
signed and dated 'Alatza '91' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas with painted plywood and metal assemblage
overall 46½ x 43 x 15 in. (118.1 x 109.2 x 38.1 cm.)
Executed in 1991.

with William Turner Gallery, Venice.
Acquired from the above in February 1992.

Specialist note

Dennis Hopper was a regular visitor of the West Beach Café in Venice, which was run by Bruce Marder.

The artist worked at the West Beach Cafe and in his first gallery show in 1991, Stolen Portraits, he showed paintings based on photographs that he took of the unsuspecting rich and famous who frequented the restaurant.