May 08, 2025 - Sale 2703

Sale 2703 - Lot 155

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
JOHN O'REILLY (1930- )
Self-Portrait with Hippo. A unique photomontage. July 1931 and May 12, 1977.
Silver print on a photogravure, the image measuring 11⅛x7¾ inches (28.3x19.7 cm.), the mount 17x13 inches (43.2x33 cm.), with the negative and execution dates on mount recto, and his signature, title, dimensions, and negative and execution dates on mount verso.

Provenance
Acquired directly from the Photographer in 1980

Exhibited
John O'Reilly: Assemblies of Magic, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA, September 3, 2002 - January 5, 2003 (and appearing in the accompanying catalogue and accompanied by the museum label)