JOHN WESLEY (1928-2022)

Lot 65
18.05.2023 01:00UTC -05:00
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$ 300 000
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Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 949304
Lot 65 | JOHN WESLEY (1928-2022)
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000
JOHN WESLEY (1928-2022)

Popeye

signed, titled and dated ''POPEYE' John Wesley 1973' (on the reverse)

acrylic on canvas

48 x 61 5/8 in. (122 x 156.5 cm.)

Painted in 1973.





Provenance

Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica

Private collection, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

D. Pagel, “Charm, Trauma Mix in John Wesley Works,” Los Angeles Times, 22 October 1992., p. B9 (illustrated).

John Wesley: Paintings 1961-2000, exh. cat., P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, 2000, p. 19 (illustrated).

John Wesley, exh. cat., Fondazione Prada, Venice, 2009, pp. 171, 342, 430, 511, 539 and 541, no. 276 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Santa Monica, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, John Wesley: A Survey of Paintings 1962-1992, October-November 1992.

Cambridge, Harvard University Art Museum, John Wesley Love's Lust, January-February 2001.
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