Jo Baer (b. 1929)

Untitled (White Square Lavender)

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Jo Baer (b. 1929)
Untitled (White Square Lavender)
signed and dated '64-'74 (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
72 x 72 1/4 in. (182.9 x 183.5 cm.)
Painted in 1964-1974.

Provenance

Lisson Gallery, London
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 8 May 1990, lot 442
Private collection, New York
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

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Saara Pritchard

spritchard@christies.com +1 212 636 2100

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Myth is a form of discourse where the subject remains invisible. Where the subject is a retelling or illustration of a mythology, the unit of meaning is closed and therefore inconsistent to discourse. To enhance discourse is to paint and draw in fragment, which is an open adventure; it is having paintings talk.

-Jo Baer

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