Jimmy DeSana, Untitled Polaroid diptychs (set of 5 works)

Jimmy DeSana
Untitled Polaroid diptychs (set of 5 works)

1974
Polaroid Polacolor Pro 100 print mounted to board
overall (each): 4.25 h x 6.75 w in (11 x 17 cm)
mount (each): 11 h x 13.625 w in (28 x 35 cm)

Signed and dated to lower right of each mount 'Jimmy DeSana 74'. Stamp to mount verso of each 'Copyright ? 19__ Jimmy DeSana Trust This image may not be reproduced in any way whatsoever without written permission from the Jimmy DeSana Trust Laurie Simmons, Executor'. These works are unique.

Provenance: Andrew Roth, Inc., New York | Acquired from the previous in 2005 by the present owner, Private Collection

Exhibited: Jimmy DeSana: Submission, 11 November 2022 - 16 April 2023, Brooklyn Museum, New York (four works exhibited) | Jimmy DeSana & Paul P.:?Ruins of Rooms, 6 July - 20 October 2024, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (one work exhibited)

Literature: Jimmy DeSana: Submission, Brooklyn Museum exhibition catalog, ppg. 30-31 (two works illustrated) Jimmy DeSana & Paul P.: Ruins of Rooms, KW Institute for Contemporary Art exhibition catalog, unpaginated (one work illustrated)

This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

Condition
Each mount is hinged to backing at three points along upper edge verso. Three pinpoint indentations to upper center of one image, accretion to lower right edge of one image and .5-inch abrasion to lower edge of one image. Lifting to edges of most and faint linear surface abrasions throughout each, primarily visible in raking light. Moisture staining, discoloration and creasing to corners of each mount with abrasion to upper edge of one mount. Each framed behind acrylic measuring 12.625 x 15.375 x 1.25, 11.75 x 15.625 x 1.25, 11.5 x 15.625 x 1.25, 11.625 x 15.75 x 1.25 and 12.125 x 15.375 x 1.25 inches.