John Baldessari (American, b. 1931)
Man with Light
No visible signature, identified, titled, and dated ".../1990" in the catalogue raisonné (see below).
Black and white photograph, oil tint, and vinyl paint on paper mounted to paperboard, 40 x 32 in. (101.5 x 81.3 cm), framed.
Condition: Craquelure to blue paint, not examined out of frame.
Provenance: The artist; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Benefit Auction; collection of Maria Lopez and Stephen Mindich, Massachusetts.
Literature: Patrick Pardo and Robert Dean, John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonné, Volume Three: 1987-1993 (New Haven and London: Marian Goodman Gallery/Yale University Press, 2015), cat. no. 1990.42, illustrated p. 227.
Exhibitions: Collector's Showcase, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts, June 9-July 5, 2011.
Estimate $40,000-60,000
A clipping from a charity auction catalog (presumably the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Benefit Auction) with the lot entry for this work is affixed to the frame backing.
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