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Details

Robert Colescott (b. 1925)
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signed 'R. Colescott' (lower right)
acrylic on canvas
79 x 59 ¼ in. (200.8 x 150.5 cm.)
Painted in 1971.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist
Robert Shimshak, Berkeley

Exhibited

San Francisco, New Langton Arts, The Difficult Image, June-July 1991.

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Lot Essay

As per the former owner's conversation with the artist, the following is a translation of the Chinese characters:

Chicken is saying "Help"
Chef is saying "Chop the cock"
Busboy is saying "Clean Mind, Dirty Dishes"
The text next to the nude says "Nice kitty" although it was supposed to be "Nice pussy" but the older Chinese woman doing the translation did not understand the concept.

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Lot Essay

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