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John Wesley

Lot 234
Maiden, 1964
Pencil

9.8 x 8.5 in (25.0 x 21.5 cm)

Lot 234
Maiden, 1964
Pencil
9.8 x 8.5 in (25.0 x 21.5 cm)

Estimate:
€ 2,000 - 3,000
Auction: 12 days

Van Ham Kunstauktionen

City: Cologne
Auction: Oct 02, 2024
Auction number: A520
Auction name: The Kasper König Collection – His Private Choice: Day Sale

Lot Details
WESLEY, JOHN
1928 Los Angeles - 2022 New York

Title: Maiden.
Date: 1964-1965.
Technique: Pencil on transparent paper.
Mounting: Mounted on card with adhesive tape in all four corners.
Measurement: 25 x 21,5cm.
Notation: Presumably inscribed by a hand other than that of the artist on the card lower centre: 'MAIDEN' PAINTING 1964-5.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Not examined out of the frame.


Provenance:
- Kasper König Collection, Berlin (directly from the artist)

- Wesley exhibited at the 50th exhibition at Portikus in 1993
- His works can be categorised between Pop Art and Minimal Art
- Erotic depictions are often reduced to absurdity.
- Sheet slightly irregularly trimmed with various slight creases - Slight brownish stains in the lower right corner and in the centre of the upper margin - A tear (approx. 1cm) in the upper right corner and in the upper right margin (sheet slightly wavy
Lot Details
WESLEY, JOHN
1928 Los Angeles - 2022 New York

Title: Maiden.
Date: 1964-1965.
Technique: Pencil on transparent paper.
Mounting: Mounted on card with adhesive tape in all four corners.
Measurement: 25 x 21,5cm.
Notation: Presumably inscribed by a hand other than that of the artist on the card lower centre: 'MAIDEN' PAINTING 1964-5.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Not examined out of the frame.


Provenance:
- Kasper König Collection, Berlin (directly from the artist)

- Wesley exhibited at the 50th exhibition at Portikus in 1993
- His works can be categorised between Pop Art and Minimal Art
- Erotic depictions are often reduced to absurdity.
- Sheet slightly irregularly trimmed with various slight creases - Slight brownish stains in the lower right corner and in the centre of the upper margin - A tear (approx. 1cm) in the upper right corner and in the upper right margin (sheet slightly wavy

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