Jun 20, 2019 - Sale 2514

Sale 2514 - Lot 95

Price Realized: $ 3,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
ROBERT ARNESON (1930-1992)


Striped Penis.

Acrylic on canvas, 1968. 34 3/4x27 inches, 88.5x68.5 cm.

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Known primarily for transforming ceramics into a Contemporary Art medium, Arneson turned the everyday into the absurd in any medium in which he worked. He was a member of the California Pop Art movement known as "Funk Art", which used humor and irreverence to confront and critique the established art movements of the time. Ex-collection Allan Stone Gallery, New York, with the gallery label on the frame back.