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Lot 105: "Beezy" (William James Sebastian) Bailey (South African, born 1962) Sky Piano 98 1/2 x 59in (250.2 x 149.9cm) unframed

Est: $6,000 USD - $9,000 USDSold:
BonhamsNew York, NY, USMarch 10, 2010

Item Overview

Description

Sky Piano
titled, inscribed extensively, signed and dated 'Beezy Bailey / 2003' (verso)
oil and paper collage on canvas
98 1/2 x 59in (250.2 x 149.9cm)
unframed

Notes


PROVENANCE:
Ms Marloes Bernsen, thence bequeathed to
The Ojai Valley Museum, CA

The inscription verso reads: 'There was some kind of madness, and it took place at night far away in moonlight light of the earth / And the mermaidman played Mozart on a piano / white flying sardines pearlesent [sic] blue radar flashed across the sky and the dancer danced forever'

Auction Details

Africa Now - African Modern & Contemporary Art

by
Bonhams
March 10, 2010, 12:00 PM EST

580 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10022, US