ID 1175008
Lot 5 | PAULINE BOTY (1938-1966)
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 800 000
Epitaph to Something's Gotta Give
signed, inscribed and dated 'Pauline Boty/Epitaph to Something's/Gotta Give 1962 / 80 Addison Rd' (on the reverse)
oil on board, in the artist's painted frame
40 ½ x 50 ¾ in. (103.2 x 128.9 cm.)
Painted in 1962.
Provenance
A gift from the artist to the present owner's husband in 1964.
Literature
S. Tate, Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, Wolverhampton, 2013, pp. 82, 84, pl. 38.
M. Kristal, Pauline Boty: British Pop Art's Sole Sister, London, 2023, pp. 147-148, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Arthur Jeffress Gallery, New Approaches to the Figure, August - September 1962, no. 6.
Wolverhampton, Arts Council England, City Art Gallery, Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman, June - November 2013, exhibition not numbered: this exhibition travelled to Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, November 2013 - February 2014.
| Artist: | Pauline Boty (1938 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Pauline Boty (1938 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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