Karl Wirsum
(American, 1939-2021)
Private Nakamura
, 1976
Sale 907 - Post War and Contemporary Art
Sep 28, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$10,000 -
$15,000
Sold for $30,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Karl Wirsum
(American, 1939-2021)
Private Nakamura
, 1976acrylic on acetate
17 x 13 inches.
Provenance:
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago
Exhibited:
London, England, Camden Art Centre, Who Chicago?, December 10, 1980 - January 25, 1981; Sunderland, England, Ceolfrith Arts Center, February 16 - March 14, 1981; Glasgow, Scotland, Third Eye Centre, March 21 - April 30,1981; Edinburgh, Scotland, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, May - June, 1981; Belfast, Ireland, Ulster Museum, July - August, 1981
Literature:
Dennis Adrian and Russell Bowman, Who Chicago?, Sunderland, no. 159, p. 214, illus.
Condition Report
There is rippling and waiving to the acetate; surface dust; edges of acetate margins irregularly trimmed, presumably process related; otherwise this work appears to be in overall good and stable condition.
Framed: 24 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches.
Framed: 24 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches.
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