Various Artists - Editions & Works on Paper New York Tuesday, April 18, 2023 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Gift from The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2000

  • Literature

    Samantha Rippner p. 54 (Celmins); Silke von Berswordt-Wallrabe 134 (Serra)

  • Catalogue Essay

    Including: Lucien Freud, After Chardin (Small Plate); Vija Celmins, Untitled (Web 1); Ann Hamilton, written; Brice Marden, L.A. Muses; Martin Puryear, Untitled; Ed Ruscha, Pico, Flower, Figueroa; and Richard Serra, MOCA print

    The MOCA Portfolio with prints by Vija Celmins, Ann Hamilton, Brice Marden, Martin Puryear, Ed Ruscha, and Richard Serra was originally intended to include an etching by Lucien Freud, however the portfolio, published in 2000, was ahead of Freud's timeline for the edition. MOCA later gifted the etching to collectors in appreciation.

Property from a Private Collection

156

MOCA Portfolio

2000
The complete set of six prints plus one additional Lucien Freud print, including one mezzotint, one embossing, and five etchings (one with lithograph, two with aquatint), on various wove papers (two with Chine collé), with full margins and the full sheets, with title page and justification, all contained in the original red linen-covered portfolio designed by Frank Gehry.
all I. various sizes
five S. 30 x 21 3/4 in. (76.2 x 55.2 cm)
one S. 14 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (37.8 x 50.5 cm)
one S. 23 x 18 1/4 in. (58.4 x 46.4 cm)
portfolio 31 3/4 x 23 1/4 x 1 1/8 in. (80.6 x 59.1 x 2.9 cm)

All signed, four dated and all numbered 42/80 in pencil, (there were also various artist's proofs for all), co-published by the The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and Lapis Press, Culver City, California.

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for $22,860

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 18 - 20 April 2023