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John Baldessari
Brutus Killed Caesar.

1976

$2,500
£1,923.17
€2,232.25
CA$3,525.60
A$3,949.26
CHF 2,074.29
MX$48,021.75
NOK 26,267.35
SEK 24,934.77
DKK 16,660.14

About the Item

BALDESSARI, John. Brutus Killed Caesar. [4] pp. Illustrated with 33 photographic tryptichs. Oblong 8vo., 100 x 275 mm, bound in publisher's spiral-bound wrappers. Preserved in tan cloth box. Akron: The Emily H. Davis Art Gallery of The University of Akron, [1976]. $ 2500.00 First Edition. Printed in a limited edition. The artist John Baldessari juxtaposes three images in a triptych format. Each page repeats the use of the same two portraits: an young man on the left and and an older man on the right. The center image then creates the crucial dialogue between the other two - Baldessari makes use of a variety of objects that could all be used as murder weapons - some a bit more mundane than others: a kitchen knife, a banana peel, an apple and a revolver, a cue ball, a briefcase a wire coat hanger, among others. A very fine copy of this conceptual artist's book.
  • Creator:
    John Baldessari (1931, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1976
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 3.94 in (10 cm)Width: 10.83 in (27.5 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 1087081stDibs: LU43835435641

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