Lot 119
Rene Ricard (1946–2014)
Lot 119 Details
Rene Ricard (1946–2014), American
PLEASE HELP ME OR I SHALL DIE. PLEASE REALLY YOU MUST HELP, 2006
Mixed media with half-tone reproduction paper collage on board; 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.
9.5 ins x 11.7 ins; 24.1 cms x 29.6 cms
Estimate $3,000-$5,000
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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
Note:
The artist signed this mixed-media work on the front with his initials "RR" in the warm white paint. Ricard told the Private Collector who purchased this work he was enthralled with this warm white paint at that time.