Lot #38 - Paul McCarthy
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Auction House:Mossgreen-Webb's
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Sale Name:Important Paintings & Contemporary Art
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Sale Date:29 Nov 2017 ~ 6.30pm (New Zealand Daylight Time)
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Lot #:38
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Lot Description:Paul McCarthy
TRANS gum
silkscreen print on chewing gum, ed. of 30, 2001
250mm x 200mm
inscribed TRANS gum in image -
Provenance:Purchased from Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 2001. Private collection Wellington.
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Notes:TRANS Gum was created as an edible image of Santa Claus individually hand silk-screened onto an eight-by-ten inch piece of chewing gum. It was the cover of TRANS>8, a seminal critical issue and artworks published in 2000. The release coincided with McCarthy's exhibition at MOCA and at the New Museum.
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Estimate:NZ$800 - 1,200
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Realised Price:
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Category:Art
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