LOT DETAILS

Materials:

leaves, photo-collage, acrylic, gouache and resin on panel

Measurements:

95.91 in. (243.60 cm.) (height) by 76.97 in. (195.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, titled and dated '"ORGAMISM" [sic] Fred Tomaselli 2005' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Berlin, Galerie Carlier Gebauer, Fred Tomaselli, 2005. Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ecstasy: in and about altered states, 2005-2006 (illustrated in colour, p. 130). St. Ives, Tate St. Ives, If Everybody Had an Ocean: Brian Wilson, An Art Exhibition, 2007 (illustrated in colour, unpaged). This exhibition later travelled to Bordeaux, CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux.

Literature:

R. Smith, 'Tune In, Turn On, Dig Art', in The New York Times, 11 September 2005 (illustrated in colour). D. Fox, 'If Everybody Had an Ocean', in Frieze, issue 109, September 2007. S. Davies, 'Music to the eyes', in Royal Academy of Arts Magazine, London 2007, no. 95 (illustrated in colour, p. 24). Fred Tomaselli, exh. cat., Aspen, Aspen Art Museum, 2009 (illustrated in colour, p. 229).

Provenance:

Carlier/Gebauer, Berlin. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005.