
Five Pickles (With Fingerprints in the Shape of a Hand), from Artists & Photographers
Five color photographs arranged to form the shape of a hand, each image depicting a pickle and bearing the artist's fingerprint, mounted to a single sheet of German etching paper. Created by conceptual art pioneer John Baldessari, the work playfully merges the mundane with the personal, using everyday objects and bodily marks to explore identity and authorship. The piece reflects Baldessari's signature wit and his ongoing interrogation of what constitutes art and meaning.
- Medium
- Five color photographs, mounted to one sheet of German etching paper (as issued), the full sheet.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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Editions & Works on Paper
October 17, 2017
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