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John Baldessari is an American visionary artist. He began as a painter and then began to bring texts and photography into his work. He has also worked in printmaking, installation, sculpture, film, video and photography. John Baldessari has created thousands of pieces that show images with associative power of words. He has been featured in more than 200 solo exhibitions in the United States and Europe. John Baldessari's earlier works were merely words painted on canvas. His most famous "text" painting was the phrase, "Suppose it is true after all? WHAT THEN?" This phrase was painted on a heavily soiled canvas and was personally disappointing to him. He decided since the finished work did not have the form or method to go with the language he had meant to display; he would not use his hand to create the words, but a more commercial lifeless style. He then employed the use of sign painters to physically create the letters in an un-ornamental font. John's intent and statement with his art was to present it as hollow and ridiculous. This form of John Baldessari’s art was destroyed by himself and five friends when they burnt all of the paintings. The ashes were then placed into an urn in the form of cookies. John Baldessari then began to blend photographic material by taking them apart and putting them out of context into a new form and often added words to them. One of his images that has been said to violate basic rules on snapshot composition shows him standing in front of a palm tree. Baldessari is positioned to make it appear as though the tree is growing from his head. Another of his images called, California Map Project creates physical forms to resemble letters in California and placed where they would appear on a printed map. Many of his work involve pointing as he tells the viewer what to look at and how to make selections and compare. Read Less

John Baldessari

Looking While Catching and Holding - Frog & Butterfly, 1984

Name: Looking While Catching and Holding - Frog & Butterfly, 1984
Brand: John Baldessari
SKU: 2089

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This screenprint and photo etching in colors was created by the artist in 1984. Signed and numbered, (...) Show More

Inventory 2089

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Edition size: 100pc

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ARTWORKS BY JOHN BALDESSARI

John Baldessari

Raised Eyebrows/Furrowed Foreheads (Red, White And Blue) From The Artist For Obama Portfolio, 2008

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USD 1,950

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John Baldessari

Two Hands (With Distant Figure), 1989-1990

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USD 5,500

John Baldessari

Six Rooms, 1993

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USD 2,950

John Baldessari

Two Figures (One With Shadow), 1986

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USD 2,500

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Seeds, 1986

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USD 2,250

John Baldessari

Deer And Octopus, 1986

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USD 2,250

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Girl With Teddy Bear, 1988

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USD 14,000

John Baldessari

Double Motorcyclists And Landscape (Icelandic), 2003

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USD 2,990

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Red Slipper, 2015

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USD 6,600

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Triad, 2017

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USD 6,600

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Adam Wasn't Into It, 2017

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USD 6,600

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Yogurt, 2017

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USD 6,600

John Baldessari

I Have An Elephant, 2017

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USD 6,600

John Baldessari

Truffle Butter, 2017

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USD 6,600

John Baldessari

Front Row Suite, 2015

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USD 83,000 - 90,000

John Baldessari

The First $100,000 I Ever Made, 2012

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Lithograph

USD 5,500

John Baldessari

The Intersection Series: Person On Horse And Person Falling From Horse, With Audience, 2001-2002

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C-Print

EUR 1,390

John Baldessari

Visionaire 64 Art Portfolio (Blue), 2014

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Embossing

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Engraving With Sound: Belch, 2016

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Inkjet Print

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