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    Robert Longo

    American, b. 1953

    Meryl and Jonathan (complete set of 2 works from Men in the Cities), 1988

    Lithographs on wove paper
    71.5 x 35.75 in. (181.61 x 90.8 cm.) each
    Frame: 79 x 43 x 2 in. (200.66 x 109.22 x 5.08 cm.) each
    Signed, dated and numbered in pencil (each)

    Edition 22/48
    Edition Schellmann, New York and Munich, pub.

    Lot ID

    135239
    Ended Thursday, October 14, 2021
    Estimate
    Conner Williams
    Head Of Prints & Multiples

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    About This Lot

    These monochromatic, large-scale lithographs are classic examples from Robert Longo's iconic Men in the Cities series, which portrays both men and women dressed in formal business attire and posed in writhing, dance-like and contorted poses. Beginning in the 1980s while living in New York, Longo chose several friends and peers to pose for him atop city buildings, while he and others threw objects at his subjects. Using these photographs, Longo then cropped out the images' contextual information, leaving spectacularly contorted yet oftentimes natural poses, many of which the artist himself could not have imagined. This complete set of two prints is from very early in the series, making them two of the more desirable Men in the Cities prints.

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    The seller has recorded the following condition for this lot:
    The present works are in very good condition. Examined in the frames. Please see additional images.

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    Provenance:
    • Arij Gasiunasen Fine Art, Palm Beach
    • Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
    • Ships From: Ontario, Canada
    • Shipping Dimensions: 79 x 43 x 2 in. (200.66 x 109.22 x 5.08 cm.)
    • Frame Material: Wood
    • Framed Under: Plexi
    Accepted: Wire Transfer
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