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Lot 181 The Collection of Margo Leavin
JOHN BALDESSARI (1931-2020)
Midget and Leaping Cat (Version 1)
Closed13 May 2022
Estimate
USD 100,000–150,000
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"I'd like to think that this scene could happen, that the cat would be leaping at the admonishing midget (Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam"?) while the seated man and the man in the bathrobe watch the fallen man.
I have always believed, as a working principle, that art can be a convincing lie, and certainly we know that photography can lie. I think that this is a decisive moment arising out of a convincing lie. Also the entire scene recalls for me Matisse's "Red Studio," with a bit more precariousness."
– John Baldessari
I have always believed, as a working principle, that art can be a convincing lie, and certainly we know that photography can lie. I think that this is a decisive moment arising out of a convincing lie. Also the entire scene recalls for me Matisse's "Red Studio," with a bit more precariousness."
– John Baldessari