Mike Kelley (1954-2012)
Bristly Joe (from The Poetry of Form: Part of an Ongoing Attempt to Develop an Auteur Theory of Naming series)
signed, numbered and dated '5/5 M Kelley 1996' (on the reverse)
gelatin silver print and printed text on mat
16 x 12in. (40.7 x 30.5cm.)
Executed in 1985-96, this work is number five from an edition of five

Patrick Painter Editions, Hong Kong.
Wako Works of Art, Tokyo.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Mike Kelley, exh. cat., Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 2013 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 230).

Los Angeles, Patrick Painter Inc., Mike Kelley: Photo Works 1996-2001, 2013 (another from the edition exhibited).

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