Sale 9278
Los Angeles
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14 December 1999
Price realised
USD 43,700
Estimate
Sandro Chia (b. 1946) Scherzoso signed and dated 'S. Chia 86' (lower right); titled and inscribed 'SCHERZOSO Tell me how a lady can be gay if she sees no gentlemen?' (on the reverse) oil on panel 96 x 48 in. (243.8 x 121.9 cm.) Painted in 1986
Provenance
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.
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