Fred Tomaselli (b. 1956)

Breathing Head

Price realised USD 506,500
Estimate
USD 600,000 – USD 800,000
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Fred Tomaselli (b. 1956)

Breathing Head

Price realised USD 506,500
Closed: 14 Nov 2012
Price realised USD 506,500
Closed: 14 Nov 2012
Details
Fred Tomaselli (b. 1956)
Breathing Head
signed twice, titled and dated 'Fred Tomaselli 2002 "Breathing Head" Fred Tomaselli' (on the reverse)
leaves, printed paper collage, acrylic, gouache and resin on panel
60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm.)
Executed in 2002.
Provenance
James Cohan Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
D. Pinchbeck, "Tomaselli's Postmodern Gnosticism," Parkett, 67, 2003, pp. 112-113 (illustrated in color).
F. Bradley, ed., Fred Tomaselli: Masters of Paradise, exh. cat., Edinburgh, Fruitmarket Gallery, 2004, p. 21, fig. 8 (illustrated in color).
D. Colman, "Fred Tomaselli," Elle Decor, May 2005, pp. 76 and 78 (illustrated in color).
I. Berry and H. Zuckerman Jacobson, Fred Tomaselli, exh. cat., Aspen Art Museum, 2009, p. 193 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
New York, James Cohan Gallery, Fred Tomaselli, May-June 2003.
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Gallery, Materials, Metaphors, Narratives: Works by Six Contemporary Artists, October 2003-January 2004.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Biennial, March-May 2004, p. 263.
West Hartford, University of Hartford, Joseloff Gallery, The Charged Image, September-October 2004, pp. 82-83 and 99 (illustrated in color).

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