LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and acrylic on canvas

Measurements:

95.08 in. (241.50 cm.) (height) by 122.44 in. (311.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, titled and dated 'David Salle 1990 Mingus in Mexico' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Los Angeles, Fred Hoffman Gallery, David Salle, 1990. New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1991 Biennial Exhibition, 1991, p. 382 (illustrated in colour, p. 234). Beverly Hills, Gagosian Gallery, David Salle, 1997. London, The Saatchi Gallery, Young Americans 2: New American Art at the Saatchi Gallery, 1998 (illustrated in colour, unpaged). Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, David Salle: 20 Years of Painting, 1999, pp. 71 and 127 (illustrated in colour, pp. 72-73). This exhibition later travelled to Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig and Turin, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Castello di Rivoli. London, Saatchi Gallery, Painter's Painters, 2016-2017 (illustrated in colour, pp. 126-127).

Literature:

R. Pandiscio, David Salle, New York 1994, pl. 77 (illustrated in colour, p. 169). L. Weintraub, A, Coleman Danto & T. McEvilley (eds.), Art on the Edge and over: Searching for Art's Meaning in Contemporary Society 1970s-1990s, Litchfield 1996, p. 23 (illustrated in colour). D. Cameron. "Salle Days" in Artforum, May 1999, vol. 37, 1999, p. 156 (illustrated in colour, p. 158). E. Booth-Clibborn (ed.), The History of the Saatchi Gallery, London 2011 (illustrated in colour, p. 444).

Provenance:

Fred Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles. Collection Douglas S. Cramer, Los Angeles. Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1997.