May 02, 2024 - Sale 2667

Sale 2667 - Lot 122

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
JOE BRAINARD (1942 - 1994, AMERICAN)
Jennifer Bartlett, (Cigarette Portrait).

Gouache and mixed paper collage on artist's postcard with subject's signature, 1975. Signed, Brainard, and dated, 75, lower left. 152x101 mm; 6x4 inches.

Provenance: Private collection.

Exhibitions: Berkeley, California, University of California at Berkeley Art Museum, Joe Brainard: A Retrospective, February 2001 - February 2002, no. 108.

In the multidisciplinary New York City art scene of the 1970s, Jennifer Bartlett was a rising star. Joe Brainard made many mixed media "portraits" on postcard, complete with the subject's signature, as is the case with the artwork in this lot.