Lot 386
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Mike Kelley (b. 1954)
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
Mike Kelley (b. 1954)

The Eel and the Clam

Details
Mike Kelley (b. 1954)
The Eel and the Clam
each signed 'M. Kelley' (on the reverse)
one of four: ink and acrylic on paper collage mounted on paper
two of four: ink and acrylic on paper collage mounted on paper
three of four: ink and acrylic on paper collage mounted on paper
four of four: graphite on paper
one of four: 17½ x 23 7/8 in. (44.4 x 60.6 cm.)
two of four: 17 7/8 x 23¾ in. (45.4 x 60.3 cm.)
three of four: 17 3/8 x 23¾ in. (44.1 x 60.3 cm.)
four of four: 15 3/8 x 14 in. (39 x 35.5 cm.)
Executed in 1986. (4)
Provenance
Jablonka Galerie, Cologne
Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York
Exhibited
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Avant-Garde in the Eighties, April-July 1987.

Lot Essay

The Clam and the Eel is part of a project called Kappa. The artist collaborated with Bruce and Norman Yonemoto on a video with the same name. Mike produced solo work related to the project including storyboards, drawings, paintings and sculptures/props some of which were exhibited at Toyama Now 87, Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

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