Lot 91
Yoko Ono
Japanese (b. 1933)

Blood object (Key) (1995)

Estimate: $100 - $300

Price Realized: $416 Includes buyer's premium

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Lot 91
Yoko Ono
Japanese (b. 1933)
Blood object (Key) (1995)
Description
A conceptual mixed-media assemblage object consisting of a small plastic bag printed with black promotional exhibition text for the 1995 Ubu Gallery exhibition "Yoko Ono: Drawings from Franklin Summer and Blood Objects from Family Album," containing a single vintage metal key with dark brown patination and its blade end tipped in red paint to resemble blood, accompanied by a paper tag with a reinforced oak tag hole and a length of string, conceived by Yoko Ono, with the bag measuring 4 x 7 inches.
Details
4 x 7 inches
Provenance
From the Collection of Anne H. Hoy - Author, Professor, and Curator
Condition
Overall very good condition; minor surface wrinkling and faint handling wear to the plastic bag enclosure, with natural age-related tarnishing and surface oxidation to the metal key.


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