Lot 526
526
John Wesley (b. 1928)
John Wesley (b. 1928)

Bumstead Out the Window

Details
John Wesley (b. 1928)
Bumstead Out the Window
signed, titled and dated '"BUMSTEAD-OUT THE WINDOW" John Wesley 2000' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
60 x 44 1/4 in. (152.4 x 112.4 cm.)
Painted in 2000.
Provenance
Fredericks & Freiser, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2000
Literature
D. Hickey, "Touché Boucher: John Wesley's Gallant Subjects," Artforum, October 2000, p. 119 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Long Island City, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, John Wesley, September-December 2000, pp. 132-133 (illustrated).
New York, Fredericks & Freiser, John Wesley: The Bumsteads, December 2006-February 2007, pp. 38-39 (illustrated).
Venice, Fondazione Prada, John Wesley, June-October 2009, p. 419, no. 706 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

“My father was like Bumstead. He was thin like Bumstead, and he wore a tie to work and when he came home from work, he tipped his hat to the neighbors” – J. Wesley, quoted in Michael Kimmelman, “ART REVIEW: Comforting, Funny Outlandishness That Sticks to Its Own Logic John Wesley, for 40 years, has constructed obsessive patterns,” New York Times, December 1, 2000, p. E33).

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