LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and spray paint on canvas

Measurements:

83.98 in. (213.30 cm.) (height) by 60.24 in. (153.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, inscribed and dated 'COMING OF THE MOLECULAR MESSIAH 83 Kenny Scharf' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Références, February-March 1984, p. 89 (illustrated). St. Petersburg, Salvador Dalí Museum, Kenny Scharf: Pop Surrealist, May-September 1997, p. 25 (illustrated).

Literature:

M.A. Marger, St. Petersburg Times, Surreal puzzle: What to make of it?, 30 May 1997, p. 29 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1983