Auction sale reference

Paul McCarthy (b. 1945)

Sold for $4,562,500 at Christie's on Nov 8, 2011.

Installation view of a standing figure with a large tomato-shaped head, green shirt, yellow shorts, and scattered objects on a wooden floor.

Lot description

Paul McCarthy (b. 1945) Tomato Head (Green) fiberglass, urethane, rubber, metal, plastic, fabric and painted metal base height: 86 in. (218.4 cm.); installation dimensions variable Executed in 1994. This work is one of three unique variants (Green shirt, Black shirt, Burgundy shirt). The two other variants of Tomato Head are in the Collection of Dimitris Daskalopolous, Athens (Burgundy) and the Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Toronto (Black). (62)

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