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ROBERT COLESCOTT (1925 - 2009)
Wishing
.
Acrylic on cotton canvas, 1985. 305x356 mm; 12x14 inches. Signed and dated in acrylic, upper
right recto. Inscribed “Paintings I promised never to paint!” in pencil on the stretcher bars, verso.
Provenance: Semaphore Gallery, NewYork; Moss Gallery, NewYork, with the label on the frame
back; private collection.
Exhibited:The Member’s Gallery, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1986-87, with the label
on the frame back.
Wishing
is from Robert Colescott’s 1985 series of small format
Paintings I Promised Never to
Make
,which also includes
Hands in Chains
,
Hands Testing Rope
, and
Money Changing Hands
.
[7,000/10,000]