Flipper (J. 8)

Details

Blinky Palermo (1943-1977)
Flipper (J. 8)
signed, numbered and dated '44/90 Palermo 70' (lower edge of each sheet)
diptych--screenprint in colors on paper
each: 33 ¾ x 26 in. (85.7 x 66 cm.)
Executed in 1970. This work is number forty-four from an edition of 90 plus ten artist's proofs.

Provenance

Private collection, Cologne
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 26 October 2011, lot 302
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

E. Maas, ed., Blinky Palermo, Cologne, 1993, pp. 154 and 215, no. 113 (another example illustrated).

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Lot Essay

In 1965 Palermo executed his oil painting of Flipper in red, blue and white. During the printing of the screenprint in 1970 the artist produced two versions, one in two and one in three colors. When he exhibited them side-by-side he decided that they made a successful diptych. Jahn notes that due to the fragile surface of the screenprint several impressions were damaged, and that the true edition for the diptych Flipper is somewhere between 50 and 60 impressions.

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