ID 1334722
Lot 41 | ERIC FISCHL (B. 1948)
Estimate value
$ 3 000 000 – 4 000 000
The Old Man's Boat and the Old Man's Dog
signed, titled and dated 'Eric Fischl 1982 The OLD MAN'S BOAT & The OLD MAN'S DOG' (on the reverse)
oil on linen
84 x 84 in. (213.4 x 213.4 cm.)
Painted in 1982.
Provenance
Mary Boone Gallery, New York
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles
The Saatchi Collection, London, 1984
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Private collection, New York, 1990
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 10 May 2022, lot 24B
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
K. Levin, Art of Our Time: The Saatchi Collection, Vol. 4, London, 1984, n.p., no. 19 (illustrated).
Art in America, November 1984, p. 3 (illustrated on the front cover).
G. Marzorati, "I Will Not Think Bad Thoughts: An Interview with Eric Fischl," Parkett, no. 5, 1985, p. 29 (illustrated).
P. Schjeldahl, Eric Fischl, New York, 1988, p. 24, no. 47 (illustrated).
A. Danto, R. Enright, and S. Martin, Eric Fischl: 1970-2000, New York, 2000, pp. 92-93 (illustrated).
Eric Fischl, exh. cat., ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, 1991, pp. 18 and 21 (illustrated).
D. Hopkins, After Modern Art, Oxford, 2000, pp. 214-215 (illustrated).
E. Booth-Clibborn, The History of the Saatchi Collection, London, 2011, p. 187 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1983 Biennial Exhibition, March-May 1983, p. 24.
Saskatchewan, Mendel Art Gallery; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum; Kunsthalle Basel; London, Institute of Contemporary Arts; Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art and New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Eric Fischl: Paintings, February 1985-May 1986, p. 41 (illustrated).
Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Individuals: A Selected History, 1945-1986, December 1986-January 1988, p. 254 (illustrated).
New York, Haunch of Venison, Your History is Not our History, March-May 2010, p. 33 (illustrated).
New York, Skarstedt Gallery, Eric Fischl Early Paintings, May-June 2011, pp. 28-29, no. 5 (illustrated).
| Artist: | Eric Fischl (1948) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Eric Fischl (1948) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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