Modern Art & Design: Spring 2020
Sat, May 2, 2020 12:00PM EDT
Lot 251
3 COLAB Screenprint Posters
Estimate: $150 - $300
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Designer & Manufacturer: COLAB collective
Markings: circa 1985
Country of Origin & Materials: American; color screenprint
Dimensions(H,W,D): 18.75"h, 25.25"w; 18.75"h, 25"w; 24"h, 18.25"w
Additional Information: Lot is comprised of three posters created by the artists of Collaborative Projects Inc. (COLAB), titled "Fiesta De Santa Ana," "Freedom School" and "Nicaraguans Are Dying." COLAB was a group of artists active in the late 1970s and 1980s in downtown New York. The collective focused on social issues, creative engagement with the community and broadening art audiences, and do-it-yourself actions such as mounting their own shows and pop up stores and producing colorful street posters related to the politics of the day. Many of the artists who were part of this group later achieved individual fame. {source: gallery.98bowery.com, "Talk is Cheap: A Street Poster Exhibition, 1984."} Provenance: Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, New York.
Video preview available for all lots in our May 2nd auction. Simply email info@modernauctions.com with your request for additional photos or video. Do you have a similar item to sell? Consigning is just as easy and convenient: get started by sending photos and information about your items via email, our website, or snail mail.
good/average, some small tears and bends to edges
Markings: circa 1985
Country of Origin & Materials: American; color screenprint
Dimensions(H,W,D): 18.75"h, 25.25"w; 18.75"h, 25"w; 24"h, 18.25"w
Additional Information: Lot is comprised of three posters created by the artists of Collaborative Projects Inc. (COLAB), titled "Fiesta De Santa Ana," "Freedom School" and "Nicaraguans Are Dying." COLAB was a group of artists active in the late 1970s and 1980s in downtown New York. The collective focused on social issues, creative engagement with the community and broadening art audiences, and do-it-yourself actions such as mounting their own shows and pop up stores and producing colorful street posters related to the politics of the day. Many of the artists who were part of this group later achieved individual fame. {source: gallery.98bowery.com, "Talk is Cheap: A Street Poster Exhibition, 1984."} Provenance: Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, New York.
Video preview available for all lots in our May 2nd auction. Simply email info@modernauctions.com with your request for additional photos or video. Do you have a similar item to sell? Consigning is just as easy and convenient: get started by sending photos and information about your items via email, our website, or snail mail.
Condition
11. Shipping/Pick-up/Storage: PBMA highly recommends that bidders obtain shipping quotes prior to bidding. If you would like to obtain a shipping quote prior to the auction, please contact PBMA by phone or email for a list of shippers, or contact your own shipper. PBMA provides shipping lists only as a service to its clients and any such list should not be considered an endorsement of any shipping company. Additionally, PBMA does not pack or ship items for insurance reasons. Final arrangements for shipping, and all costs associated with shipping, are the responsibility of the buyer. Any agreement for shipping is a contract between the buyer and the shipper; PBMA is not a party to any such contract and expressly disclaims any responsibility thereunder. No items will be released for shipping until PBMA receives payment in full and all payments have cleared. Thereafter, items may be picked up at PBMA's exhibition facility Monday through Friday from 10:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. by the winning bidders or their shippers. Please call PBMA the day before you intend to pick-up any item. If a shipper is picking up an item, please send PBMA an e-mail confirming the name of the shipper and the property to be released into the shipper's possession, and providing PBMA permission to release the property to your shipper. All winning lots must be picked up within thirty (30) business days following the close of the auction. After this time, each lot will become subject to storage fees of not less than $5 per day. After 180 days following the close of the auction, any lot which is not picked up will be deemed abandoned by the buyer, will become the property of PBMA and may be disposed of by PBMA, in any manner it chooses, without recourse.
Palm Beach Modern Auctions
Powered by: