DAZE (B. 1962)
The City Below, The City Above
signed and dated 'Chris "Daze" Ellis, 1982' (lower right)
spray paint, marker, ink and photo collage on paper
20 x 25³⁄₄ in. (50.8 x 65.4 cm.)
Executed in 1982.

Galerie Yaki Kornblit, Amsterdam
Martin Visser, Rotterdam, 1980s
His sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 4 April 2017, lot 94
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

T. van Kooten, ed., Little Arena: Drawings and sculptures from the collection Adri, Martin and Geertjan Visser, Otterlo, 1984, p. 61, no. 2 (illustrated).

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