Marlena Deepdich or a Portable Success Story

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EDWARD KIENHOLZ (1927-1994)
Marlena Deepdich or a Portable Success Story
incised with the title 'MARLENA DEEPDICH OR A PORTABLE SUCCESS STORY' (on a metal plaque affixed to the base)
box assemblage – wood, oil, canvas, nails, plastic and sheep's head
open: 24 x 35 x 11 in. (61 x 88.9 x 27.9 cm.)
closed: 24 x 17 x 11 in. (61 x 43.2 x 27.9 cm.)
Executed in 1961.

Provenance

Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the late owner

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Lot Essay

"I mostly think of my work as the spoor of an animal that goes through the forest and makes a thought trail, and the viewer is the hunter who comes and follows the trail. At one point I as the trail-maker disappear. The viewer then is confronted with the dilemma of ideas and directions."
– Edward Kienholz

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