Sale: 416 / Post War / Contemporary Art, June 07. 2014 in Munich Lot 812

 

812
Rodney Graham
Children´s Trolley (McElligot's Pool), 1993.
Object
Estimate:
€ 8,000 / $ 8,560
Sold:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,050

(incl. surcharge)
Children´s Trolley (McElligot's Pool). 1996.
Object. Colored metal trolley on rubber wheels with children's book "McElligot's Pool".
Signed, dated and titled on underside. One of 9 copies, each of unique character. Ca. 41,5 x 43,4 x 21,4 cm (16,3 x 17 x 8,4 in).
Each one of the "Children's Trolleys" comes in different colors and with a different book from the Dr. Seuss series, mentioned in the object's title. This one is "McElligot'sPool", written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss (that is Theodor Seuss Geisel), New York, Random House, 1947 (presumably later edition). [KP].

EXHIBITION: (different copies from the series):
Rodney Graham, Whitechapel Gallery London, 24 September - 17 November, 2002 (cat. with color illu. on p. 73).




812
Rodney Graham
Children´s Trolley (McElligot's Pool), 1993.
Object
Estimate:
€ 8,000 / $ 8,560
Sold:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,050

(incl. surcharge)