Live Auction 2848Post-War and Contemporary Morning Session
Stephen Prina (b. 1954)
Lot 321 Sold to Benefit the CalArts School of Art

Stephen Prina (b. 1954)

Blind No. 12 Fifteen-Foot Ceiling or Lower (Cobalt Blue/Red/Naples Yellow Hue/Diarylide Yellow)

Closed14 May 2014

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Stephen Prina (b. 1954)
Blind No. 12 Fifteen-Foot Ceiling or Lower (Cobalt Blue/Red/Naples Yellow Hue/Diarylide Yellow)
three elements--acrylic on linen scroll
red element: 187½ x 39 3/8 in. (476.3 x 100 cm.)
yellow element: 191 x 39 3/8 in. (485.1 x 100 cm.)
blue element: 191 x 39 3/8 in. (485.1 x 100 cm.)
installation dimensions variable
Painted in 2011. (3)

Courtesy of the artist and Petzel Gallery, New York

Specialist note

"During one of my graduate reviews at CalArts, John Baldessari approached a table upon which I had arranged a series of black and white photographs. Famously tall, John bent over from the waist to get a closer look, when the contents of the pipe in his shirt pocket were released onto the surface of one of them. I stepped forward, picked up the photo, dispensed the tobacco to the floor, and repositioned the photo to its initial position. Neither John nor I said a word about what happened, then or since. "I'm not sure, but I think this has something to do with art."-Stephen Prina (Art MFA 80)