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John Baldessari — Person with Guitar (Yellow)
John Baldessari

Person with Guitar (Yellow)

A striking example of John Baldessari's signature conceptual approach, *Person with Guitar (Yellow)* combines fragmented photographic imagery with bold color to explore themes of identity, representation, and popular culture. The work features a figure partially obscured or cropped, consistent with Baldessari's practice of challenging conventional modes of seeing and narrative. The multi-layered screenprint construction on Rives BFK paper, mounted to Sintra and housed in a black wood frame specified by the artist, underscores the deliberate and precise nature of the work's presentation as an integral part of its meaning.

Medium
Screenprint in colors, on Rives BFK paper cut and mounted to Sintra (three layer construction, as issued), all contained in the original artist's specified black wood frame.
Dimensions
Signed
Yes

Notes

Literature: Gemini G.E.L. 2027; Sharon Coplan Hurowitz 149

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February 7, 2026

Estimate: $10,000$15,000

Sold: $14,190

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John Baldessari, Person with Guitar (Yellow)

A striking example of John Baldessari's signature conceptual approach, *Person with Guitar (Yellow)* combines fragmented photographic imagery with bold color to explore themes of identity, representation, and popular culture. The work features a figure partially obscured or cropped, consistent with Baldessari's practice of challenging conventional modes of seeing and narrative. The multi-layered screenprint construction on Rives BFK paper, mounted to Sintra and housed in a black wood frame specified by the artist, underscores the deliberate and precise nature of the work's presentation as an integral part of its meaning.

Medium
Screenprint in colors, on Rives BFK paper cut and mounted to Sintra (three layer construction, as issued), all contained in the original artist's specified black wood frame.
Dimensions
118.1 x 1.9 cm
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Yellow Palette, Male Artist, Conceptual Art, Postmodern, Mixed Media Construction, Framed Artwork, American Artist, Screenprint, Musical Subject, Established Artist, Playful Mood, Figurative

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