Art + Design 
15 December 2022
Art + Design 
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Donald Baechler 1956–2022

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1998
pencil, ballpoint pen, acrylic paint, industrial varnish and paper collage on canvas board 9⅞ h × 7⅞ w in (25 × 20 cm)
estimate: $1,500–2,000
result: $1,024
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This work is number 1 from four series of 25 unique collages sold to benefit ACRIA, a New York-based charity that supports AIDS victims.
provenance: ACRIA, Unframed VI, 1998 | Private Collection, New York
literature: Unframed: Artists Respond to AIDS, Forde, Morgan and Gonzalez, pg. 64 illustrates this work

This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.

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There is that element of alchemy in painting, sometimes things just don’t work. If they did work all the time, that would make the process pretty boring. One reason I build my surfaces up is because I don’t really want to know what the line is going to do. I want this built-in fracture; when I drag the brush along the canvas I don’t want it to be a smooth, easy voyage—I want some problems along the way.

Donald Baechler

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