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STURTEVANT (1924-2014)

Lot 19
28.06.2023 14:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 19 | STURTEVANT (1924-2014)
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STURTEVANT (1924-2014)

Warhol 25 Marilyns

signed twice, titled and inscribed ‘"The 25 Marilyns" e. sturtevant ”Warhols The 25 M" e. sturtevant' (on the reverse)

silkscreen ink and acrylic on canvas

89 1/8 x 62in. (226.5 x 157.5cm.)

Executed in 1973





Provenance

Stux Gallery, New York.

Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zurich (acquired from the above in 1987).

Acquired from the above by the present owner.



Literature

L. Maculan (ed.), Sturtevant Catalogue Raisonné 1964-2004, Ostfildern 2004, p. 183, no. 187 (installation view at Museum für Moderne Kunst in 2004-2005 illustrated in colour, p. 83; illustrated in colour, p. 90).

P. Lee, Sturtevant: Warhol Marilyn, London 2016, pp. 18 and 68, fig. 6 (illustrated in colour, p. 38; installation view at Museum für Moderne Kunst in 2004-2005 illustrated, p. 9 and illustrated in colour, p. 44).



Exhibited

Syracuse, Everson Museum, Sturtevant. Studies for Warhols’ Marilyns, Beuys’ Actions and Objects, Duchamps’ Etc. Including Film, 1973 (illustrated, unpaged).

Hamburg, Kunstverein, D&S Ausstellung, 1989, p. 120 (illustrated, p. 156).

Meymac, Abbaye Saint-André, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Aspects de l'art du XXè siècle. L'œuvre re-produite, 1991, p. 170.

Frankfurt, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Sturtevant. The Brutal Truth, 2004-2005, pp. 70 and 202 (detail illustrated in colour, p. 71).



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Artist:Elaine Sturtevant (1926 - 2014)
Applied technique:Acrylic, Painted, Silkscreen ink
Art style:Post War Art
Auction house category:Paintings
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