LOT DETAILS

Materials:

alkyd and Flashe on aluminum

Measurements:

95.98 in. (243.80 cm.) (height) by 60.00 in. (152.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, numbered and dated 'Wool 1988 P79' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

New York, Luhring Augustine & Hodes Gallery, Christopher Wool, November-December 1988. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Horn of Plenty, January-February 1989, pp. 34, 78 and 103 (illustrated in color and studio view illustrated). New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1989 Biennial Exhibition, April-July 1989, pp. 165 and 167 (illustrated in color). Porto, Museu Serralves, The 80s: A Topology, November 2006-March 2007, pp. 309 and 418 (illustrated in color).

Literature:

L. Cottingham, "By the Biennial," Art & Auction, vol. 11, no. 11, June 1989, p. 104 (illustrated in color). H. W. Holzwarth, ed., Christopher Wool, Cologne, 2012, pp. 67 and 418 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Luhring Augustine & Hodes Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988