Modern & Contemporary Art 
20 October 2022
Modern & Contemporary Art 
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Edward Kienholz 1927–1994

The Pimple

1957
wood assemblage in artist's frame 9½ h × 15 w × 8½ d in (24 × 38 × 22 cm)
estimate: $7,000–10,000
result: $12,500
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Signed, titled and dated to verso ‘Kienholz '57 The Pimple’.
provenance: The Artist | Private Collection | Thence by descent

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I mostly think of my work as the spoor of an animal that goes through the forest and makes a thought trail, and the viewer is the hunter who comes and follows the trail. At one point I as the trail-maker disappear. The viewer then is confronted with a dilemma of ideas and direction...

Edward Kienholz

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