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JOHN MCCRACKEN (1934-2011)
Lot 169 Artwork from the Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

JOHN MCCRACKEN (1934-2011)

No. 8 (The Berkeley Series)

Closed10 March 2022

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USD 80,000–120,000

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JOHN MCCRACKEN (1934-2011)
No. 8 (The Berkeley Series)
stamped with the artist's name, title and date 'NO. 8 JOHN MCCRACKEN 1970' (upper side edge)
acrylic on wood construction
108 x 25 x 3 in. (274.3 x 63.5 x 7.6 cm.)
Executed in 1970.

Private collection, San Francisco
Gift of the above to the present owner, 1981

Specialist note

"Once pieces are done, they kind of live by themselves. They live their own lives, so let them do it. ...I always had the attitude that I don't necessarily know what I've done. You know, other people say, 'What's that? I don't understand it.' Sometimes I say, 'Well, I don't either, at least not yet.'"
—John McCracken