Lot Essay
Dream Drawing is a study for the work Dream Object.
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(i) Dream Object (ii) Dream Drawing
Details
Jim Shaw (b. 1952)
(i) Dream Object
(ii) Dream Drawing
(i) signed, inscribed and dated 'On the road to Rochester I had the idea to do a series of paperback covers minus any text. (An old man is describing 2 combs, one with flames coming from it, the other with bubbles, and they appear in the sky behind him.) Jim Shaw '99' (on a label affixed to the backboard)
(ii) signed, inscribed and dated 'An old man is describing 2 flying combs, one in flames and one with snow flying from it, which appear behind him Jim Shaw '92' (on a label affixed to the backboard)
(i) gouache on card mounted to board
(ii) pencil on paper
(i) 9 3/8 x 6½in. (23.8 x 16.5cm.)
(ii) 11 7/8 x 8¾in. (30.1 x 22.4cm.)
(i) Executed in 1999
(ii) Executed in 1992 (2)
(i) Dream Object
(ii) Dream Drawing
(i) signed, inscribed and dated 'On the road to Rochester I had the idea to do a series of paperback covers minus any text. (An old man is describing 2 combs, one with flames coming from it, the other with bubbles, and they appear in the sky behind him.) Jim Shaw '99' (on a label affixed to the backboard)
(ii) signed, inscribed and dated 'An old man is describing 2 flying combs, one in flames and one with snow flying from it, which appear behind him Jim Shaw '92' (on a label affixed to the backboard)
(i) gouache on card mounted to board
(ii) pencil on paper
(i) 9 3/8 x 6½in. (23.8 x 16.5cm.)
(ii) 11 7/8 x 8¾in. (30.1 x 22.4cm.)
(i) Executed in 1999
(ii) Executed in 1992 (2)
Provenance
Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
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