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John Baldessari (b. 1931)
Prima Facie (Third State): Visionary/Diabolical

diptych—digital photographic print on foam PVC board and enamel paint on canvas in artist's frames
overall: 48 x 76 in. (121.9 x 193 cm.)
each: 48 x 3812 in. (121.9 x 97.8 cm.)

Executed in 2005.
Provenance
Galería Pepe Cobo, Madrid
Private collection, Canada
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
F. Serraller, "Ciegos de tanto mirar, El País, 17 September 2005, p. 18 (illustrated).
F. Jarque, "John Baldessari: No Siempre Sabemos Interpretar lo que hay detras de unaexpression del rosto," El País,17 September 2005, p. 17.
L. Alemany, "Baldessari, la pintura que grita palabras," El Mundo, 20 September 2005, p. 54.
John Baldessari: The Prima Facie Series, exh. cat., Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium, 2006, n.p., (illustrated).
A. Selby, ed., Art & Text, London, 2009, p. 195 (illustrated).
P. Pardo and R. Dean, eds., John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonné: Volume Five: 2005-2010, New Haven, 2019, p. 65, no. 2005.45 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Madrid, Galería Pepe Cobo, John Baldessari: Prima Facie (Third State), September-November 2005.
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