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MIKE KELLEY (1954-2012)

Lot 36
14.05.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1426137
Lot 36 | MIKE KELLEY (1954-2012)
Estimate value
$ 500 000 – 700 000
MIKE KELLEY (1954-2012)
Arena #7
found stuffed animals, wood and blanket
11 ½ x 53 x 49 in. (29.2 x 134.6 x 124.5 cm.)
Executed in 1990.




Provenance

Metro Pictures, New York
Skarstedt Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

J. Miller, "Mike Kelley,” Art Press, 1992, p. 35 (illustrated).
B. Riemschneider and U. Grosenick, Art At The Turn Of The Millenium, Cologne, 1999, p. 271 (illustrated).
J. Welchman, I. Graw and A. Vidler, Mike Kelley, New York, 1999, pp. 68-69 (illustrated).
R. Cembalest, “The Century's 25 Most Influential Artists,” ArtNews, May 1999.



Exhibited

Aspen Art Museum, 20 Years/20 Artists, February-May 1999, pl. 10 (illustrated).
New York, Metro Pictures, Mike Kelley, April-May 1990.
London, Serpentine Gallery, Objects for the Ideal Home, November-October 1991.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Mike Kelley - Catholic Tastes, March 1993-November 1994.
City University of New York, Art Gallery of the Graduate Center, Play's the Thing: Critical and Transgressive Practices in Contemporary Art, May-July 2001.
Greenwich, The Brant Foundation, Remembering Henry's Show: Selected Works 1978-2008, May 2009-January 2010.
New York, Skarstedt Gallery, Mike Kelley: Arenas, May-June 2010.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum and New York, MoMA PS1, Mike Kelley, December 2012-Feb 2014.
New York, The Brant Foundation, Third Dimension: Works from The Brant Foundation, November 2019-September 2020.
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