
Please Help Me Or I Shall Die. Please Really You Must Help, 2006
24.1 cms x 29.6 cms (9.5 ins x 11.7 ins)
Signed with scratched initials "RR" in the wet paint upper left, titled in the wet paint, the letters highlighted with blue pen and ink, dated lower right, signed "Rene Ricard" and inscribed "Chelsea Hotel NYC" in red and purple/blue crayon, inscribed "That we'd be more like this?" and "For Marc/ Rene/ NYC," dated "March 16 2006" in pencil verso. Unframed.
made in 2006
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "International Art" held on Thu, Nov 25, 2021.
Lot 119
Lot 119
Estimate: CAD $3,000 - $5,000
Realised: CAD $3,000
Realised: CAD $3,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist at his studio in the Chelsea Hotel in New York on March 16th, 2006 by the present Private Collection, Toronto
Acquired directly from the artist at his studio in the Chelsea Hotel in New York on March 16th, 2006 by the present Private Collection, Toronto
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Waddington's auction house for permission to use.
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