Lot 124000287 
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124000287
Paul McCarthy
2 Bll.: Dwarf Heads, 2009.
Pencil drawing
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 32,100 - 42,800
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
2 Bll.: Dwarf Heads. 2009.
Pencil drawing.
Sheet I inscribed “Grumpy” in lower left and illegibly inscribed in upper right. Sheet II inscribed “Dopey” in bottom center. Each signed, dated and numbered on the reverse. Each on transparent paper, each firmly mounted on a backing cardboard. Sheet I: 43 x 35.4 cm (16.9 x 13.9 in). Sheet II: 43 x 96 cm (16,9 x 37,7 in).
• Paul McCarthy - his controversial installations make him an agent provocateur of contemporary art.
• McCarthy's playful figures criticize their origins: Hollywood, politics, philosophy, science, art, literature and television.
• Uncanny and expressive alienation of Snow White's seven dwarfs.
• In 2009, Hauser & Wirth in New York hosted “White Snow” an exhibition of mixed-media works centered on Disney's “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”.
PROVENANCE: Hauser & Wirth, Zurich/London (each with a gallery label on the reverse).
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above).
Pencil drawing.
Sheet I inscribed “Grumpy” in lower left and illegibly inscribed in upper right. Sheet II inscribed “Dopey” in bottom center. Each signed, dated and numbered on the reverse. Each on transparent paper, each firmly mounted on a backing cardboard. Sheet I: 43 x 35.4 cm (16.9 x 13.9 in). Sheet II: 43 x 96 cm (16,9 x 37,7 in).
• Paul McCarthy - his controversial installations make him an agent provocateur of contemporary art.
• McCarthy's playful figures criticize their origins: Hollywood, politics, philosophy, science, art, literature and television.
• Uncanny and expressive alienation of Snow White's seven dwarfs.
• In 2009, Hauser & Wirth in New York hosted “White Snow” an exhibition of mixed-media works centered on Disney's “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”.
PROVENANCE: Hauser & Wirth, Zurich/London (each with a gallery label on the reverse).
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above).
124000287
Paul McCarthy
2 Bll.: Dwarf Heads, 2009.
Pencil drawing
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 32,100 - 42,800
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.