Contemporary Day Auction

Contemporary Day Auction

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Property from an Important Private Collection

Julian Schnabel

The Act

Session begins in

May 16, 06:00 PM GMT

Estimate

70,000 - 100,000 USD

Bid

60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Private Collection

Julian Schnabel

b. 1951


The Act

enamel on wood

95 by 71 ¾ in.

241.3 by 182.2 cm.

Executed in 1982.

Mary Boone Gallery, New York

Private Collection, New Jersey (acquired from the above circa 1982)

Luhring Augustine & Hodes Gallery, New York

Manilow Collection, New York (acquired from the above)

Christie's New York, 7 November 1989, lot 40 (consigned by the above)

Luca Marenzi, London

Acquired from the above in 2004 by the present owner

Grace Glueck, "Art: Julian Schnabel Breaks Rules and Plates," The New York Times, 8 October 1982, p. C22, illustrated

Lisa Liebmann, "Julian Schnabel," Artforum, vol. 21, January 1983, p. 73

Julian Schnabel, C.V.J.: Nicknames of Maitre D's & Other Excerpts from Life, New York 1987, p. 117, illustrated in color

New York, Mary Boone Gallery, Julian Schnabel, October 1982