Paul McCarthy - New Now New York Wednesday, February 27, 2019 | Phillips

New Now

New York Auction 27 February 2019

  • Provenance

    Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
    NYEHAUS, New York
    Patrick Painter, Los Angeles
    Private Collection, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Des Moines Art Center; New York, The Brooklyn Museum of Art; Cincinnati, The Contemporary Arts Center; Tampa Museum of Art; Chicago Cultural Center; Akron Art Museum; West Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art; Tacoma, Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art; The Huntsville Museum of Art, My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation, February 2001 - January 4, 2004, p. 71 (another example exhibited)
    New York, NYEHAUS, Paul McCarthy: Between Beauty and the Beast, Sculptures, Drawings and Photographs, October 28 - December 30, 2006, no. 14 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 14)

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Paul McCarthy

Dwarf Head (chocolate)

platinum-based silicone and wood crate
head 15 1/2 x 17 x 19 1/4 in. (39.4 x 43.2 x 48.9 cm.)
crate 24 1/4 x 20 5/8 x 21 1/2 in. (61.6 x 52.4 x 54.6 cm.)
overall 39 3/4 x 20 5/8 x 21 1/2 in. (101 x 52.4 x 54.6 cm.)
Executed in 2000, this work is from a series of 7 uniquely colored variants plus 2 artist's proofs.

Estimate
$25,000 - 50,000 

Sold for $68,750

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New Now

New York Auction 27 February 2019