Good Revolution (Parkett 34)

Details

Richard Prince (B. 1949)
Good Revolution (Parkett 34)
signed 'Richard Prince' and stamped with the title, numbered and dated 'GOOD REVOLUTION 1992 61/80' (on the metal plaque, lower right)
presentation gold record and engraved plaque, mounted on a chromogenic print in black artist's frame; a vinyl record by the artist, recorded on both sides, Good Revolution (1.46) and Don't Belong (1.46), performed by Richard Prince, recorded and mixed at Harmonic Ranch by Mark Degliantoni.
19 5/8 x 15 3/8in (49.7 x 39.1cm.)
Executed in 1992, this work is number sixty-one from an edition of eighty plus twenty artist's proofs

Provenance

Parkett Verlag, Zurich
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1994.

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Lot Essay

In his 1992 edition for Parkett, Richard Prince references one of his best-known and most controversial works. The neon marquee in the image spells out “Spiritual America,” which is the name of the artist’s 1983 appropriated photograph of a nude, pre-pubescent Brooke Shields.

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