Mark Borghi

John Chamberlain

A Birthday Card

A Birthday Card

1991
Painted car panels and chrome bumpers
53 x 92.2 inches (134.62 x 234.18 cm) overall
(left panel 53.5 x 46.75 inches right panel 52 x 45.65 inches)
Ex-collection
The Artist 1991
Private collection 1991 until 2016

This work is comprised of six panels cut from the roof of a van that were painted by the artist and then welded together with chrome bumpers and presented to Heidi Connor as a birthday card who was John Chamberlain’s studio manager for 12 years while the artist maintained his studio in Sarasota Florida.

 

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