Various Contemporary Artists

The Indomitable Spirit

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Various Contemporary Artists
The Indomitable Spirit
Photographers + Friends, United Against AIDS, 1989. 4 color coupler prints, 4 gelatin silver prints (1 diptych), 1 three-color lithograph, 1 internal dye diffusion transfer print, 1 bleached silver gelatin silver transfer print. Each variously signed, dated and numbered 14/50 in ink or in pencil. Each contained in a rag paper folder with printed credit. Varying sizes from 5 x 7 in. to 24 x 20 in. (12.7 x 18.4 cm. to 61 x 50.8 cm.) Title page; colophon numbered in ink. Print by Barbara Kruger affixed to front cover of black cloth clamshell case with orange lettering. Number 14 from the edition of 50 with 15 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the late owners.

Lot Essay

The photographers and titles include: John Baldessari, Blue Boy (with Yellow Boy: One with Hawaiian Tie, One in Park) (1989); Chuck Close, Sunflower (1989); Jan Groover, Untitled (1989); Annette Lemieux, Apparition (1989); Duane Michals, Untitled (from the Bladder Series) (1989); Cindy Sherman, Untitled (1979/1989); Bruce Weber, NY Studio (1986); William Wegman, Second and Third Steps (1989); and Cover Image: Barbara Kruger, Untitled (1989) (Illustrated).