Lot Essay
“When I went to look at my jokes hanging in a gallery I saw people laugh out loud. They weren’t thinking about color or form or content. For a second, all that was there was there.” – R. Prince
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DEATH IN AMERICA: Selections from the Zadig & Voltaire Collection
Richard Prince (b. 1949)
Untitled (Joke)
Price realised USD 463,500
Estimate
USD 200,000 – USD 300,000
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Richard Prince (b. 1949)
Untitled (Joke)
Price realised USD 463,500
Price realised USD 463,500
Details
Richard Prince (b. 1949)
Untitled (Joke)
signed 'Richard Prince' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse)
inkjet on canvas
58 x 78 3/4 in. (147.3 x 200 cm.)
Executed in 2011.
Untitled (Joke)
signed 'Richard Prince' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse)
inkjet on canvas
58 x 78 3/4 in. (147.3 x 200 cm.)
Executed in 2011.
Provenance
Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Brussels, Almine Rech Gallery, Richard Prince: The Fug, September-November 2011, pp. 89 and 122 (illustrated).
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