Sale 2017
New York
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1 - 2 July 2008
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MEXICO CITY (LOTS 470-490)
Price realised
USD 10,000
Estimate
Greg Colson (American, b. 1956) Dignified suit signed, titled, dated and inscribed 'Greg Colson "Dignified Suit" 1989 1 of 3 parts' (on the bottom of one of the mailboxes) three attached metal US Mail boxes with oil paint overall 8½ x 48 x 6½ in. (21.6 x 121.9 x 16.5 cm.) Executed in 1989.
Provenance
with Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1990.
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