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David Shrigley — Balance the Ball on Your Nose
David Shrigley

Balance the Ball on Your Nose

David Shrigley's humorous screenprint depicting the absurd instruction to "Balance the Ball on Your Nose" with his characteristic crude drawing style. The work is printed on Somerset Satin paper with a varnish overlay, combining childlike imagery with sophisticated printmaking techniques.

Medium
Screenprint in colours with varnish overlay, on Somerset Satin paper, the full sheet.
Spotted At
Auction House · Phillips

🔨 Auction Lot

Evening & Day Editions

January 18, 2023

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Collectors of David Shrigley

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Alex Capecelatro

3 owned

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Nick Phoenix

1 owned

Also spotted by

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Andrew P. Cooper

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About this work

David Shrigley, Balance the Ball on Your Nose

David Shrigley's humorous screenprint depicting the absurd instruction to "Balance the Ball on Your Nose" with his characteristic crude drawing style. The work is printed on Somerset Satin paper with a varnish overlay, combining childlike imagery with sophisticated printmaking techniques.

Medium
Screenprint in colours with varnish overlay, on Somerset Satin paper, the full sheet.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Somerset Satin, Circus, Surreal, Bold, Crude Style, Absurdist, Humor, Screenprint, Whimsical, Varnish Overlay, British, Drawing, David Shrigley, Figurative, Humorous, Black and White, Contemporary

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Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Nick Phoenix , Andrew P. Cooper, Carolyn Lynx