The Cars Leap and Smash

Details

Richard Prince (B. 1949)
The Cars Leap and Smash
Ektacolor print
54 x 44 ½in. (138 x 118cm.)
Executed in 1987

Provenance

Barbara Gladstone, New York.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 28 June 2000, lot 139.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

‘Essentially, as a society, we love choice. If I want to drive something that’s ultramodernist, I’ll do that; if I want to drive something that’s saying, ‘I like adventure’, I’ll get a Land Rover; if I want to drive something that’s retro, I’ll go buy a Mustang … It’s a very romantic notion for me’ (R. Prince, quoted in, Richard Prince: Spiritual America, exh. cat., The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2007- 2008, p. 298).

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