Sturtevant, Johns Painting With Two Balls

stenciled with artist's name and title and dated "PAINTING WITH TWO BALLS 1987 STURTEVANT" lower edge; further signed, titled and dated ““JOHNS PAINTING WITH TWO BALLS" e. sturtevant '87" on the reverse
encaustic and paper collage on 3 joined canvases with metal brackets and 2 balls
65 x 54 1/8 in. (165.1 x 137.5 cm.)
Executed in 1987.

Provenance:
Stefan Stux, New York
Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in May 1988

Exhibited:
New York, Stux Gallery, Sturtevant, 1987, n.p. (illustrated)
Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart; Deichtorhallen Hamburg; Villa Arson Nice, STURTEVANT, June 25, 1992 - March 27, 1993, p. 81 (illustrated)

Literature:
Roberta Smith, "Art: Sigmar Polke's Witty Disappearing Act", The New York Times, November 6, 1987, p. 32
John Waters and Bruce Hainley, Art - A Sex Book, New York, 2003, pp. 18, 20, 203 (illustrated, p. 21)
Lena Maculan, ed., Sturtevant: Catalogue Raisonné 1964-2004, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2004, no. 31, p. 52 (illustrated)

Property from a Distinguished Midwestern Collection