Sale: 390 / Post War/Contemporary Art, April 28. 2012 in Munich Lot 961

 
Brigid (d. i. Brigid Berlin) Polk - Flowers


961
Brigid (d. i. Brigid Berlin) Polk
Flowers, 1970.
Portfolio
Estimate:
€ 4,000 / $ 4,360
Sold:
€ 5,000 / $ 5,450

(incl. surcharge)
Flowers. 1970.
Portfolio. Series of 30 Polaroid color photographs in album with gilt-lettered title "Flowers".
Rear pastedown with monogram stamp "B. P.". Each 8,5 x 10,8 cm (3,3 x 4,2 x 0,9 in). Album: 27,8 x 15 x 2,5 cm (10,9 x 5,9 x 0,9 in).
Brigid Polk, a close friend and colleague of Andy Warhol was one of the protagonists of the "Factory". In this work she staged a series of portrait photographs of unknown people as spontaneous snapshots, which she combined with Andy Warhol's famous silkscreen motif "Flowers", turning it into a witty contemporary document. [KP].




961
Brigid (d. i. Brigid Berlin) Polk
Flowers, 1970.
Portfolio
Estimate:
€ 4,000 / $ 4,360
Sold:
€ 5,000 / $ 5,450

(incl. surcharge)