Sold for:
$299

USA, 1968 offset printing on paper, envelopes and satin ribbon 4¼ w x 9½ h in (11 x 24 cm)
Chicago born Westerman, known for his idiosynscratic sculpture and drawings submitted to SMS this group of four envelopes each containing drawings by the artist.
To complete the piece as the artist intended, each envelope was actually sent through the mail to New York where the SMS staff was instructed to open each piece and bind four of the envelopes together with a pink satin ribbon. From the edition of approximately 2000 published by Letter Edged in Black Press.

estimate: $400–600
result: $299



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Wright Auctions

Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions

Date:
2000-10-01

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By Todd Alden. New York: Sperone Westwater, 2000 8vo., in wrappers, with duct tape. One of 875 copies. A compilation pertaining to the "American Bricolage" Read more…


Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers

Date:
2007-10-30