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Lot 110

Anonymous Photographer
American Decay

28 April – 12 May 2020, 14:00 EDT
Online, New York

US$3,000 - US$5,000

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Anonymous Photographer

American Decay, 1973
A series of 4 chromogenic prints, mounted together with a list of "ingredients" in the artist's hand in ink and gallery opening invitation; accompanied by two postcards, dated respectively October 12, 1972 and May 21, 1973, one signed, one initialed and each inscribed by the artist in ink.
prints, each approximately 3 1/2 x 5in (9 x 12.5cm)
mount 14 1/4 x 25 1/4in (36 x 64.8cm)

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This lot documents Carl Andre's extraordinary conceptual work American Decay - his disgusted response to Richard Nixon's second Presidential term. During Nixon's campaign, his lunches had consisted of cottage cheese coated with ketchup. Andre's work, which was not intended for sale, took up an area of 12 x 18 feet and consisted of 500 pounds of cottage cheese (about 10 inches deep), anointed with 10 gallons of ketchup. The show which opened at the Max Protech Gallery in Washington, DC on January 19, 1972, closed after one day because of the putrid smell which rapidly permeated the premises.

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