Tree Plug (Inflatable)

Details

Paul McCarthy (b. 1945)
Tree Plug (Inflatable)
vinyl
71 ¼ x 35 7/8in. (181 x 91cm.)
Executed in 2014, this work is from a series of twenty-five plus one artist's proof, each unique in colour

Provenance

Donated by the Artist, courtesy of Hauser & Wirth.

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Lot Essay

‘Well, for myself, I can only say that [humour] is to like to laugh, and wanting to laugh. I like to be around people who are making jokes, and are constantly funny. Personally I like that. In my pieces I like the thought of mixing anarchy and humour, I think that these two things go together always’
(P. McCarthy, quoted in A. Tovborg, ‘Interview: Paul McCarthy’, ARoS2007,http:/www.kopenhagen.dk/interviews/interviews_2007 interview_paul_ mcarthy/ [accessed 10 September 2015]).

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