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Alphabet City

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Mark Kostabi

Mark Kostabi

$50,000

American (1960)

  • Date: 1987-89
  • Oil on Canvas, signed verso
  • Size: 90 in. x 66 in. (228.6 cm x 167.64 cm)

$50,000

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about Alphabet City

This bustling painting by Mark Kostabi features several mannequin-like figures in addition to a series of Egyptian cultural references.

In the foreground, two mannequins embrace, while in the middle and background there is an obelisk-esque shape, a nude female figure with spheres resting on her head, and a grimacing head with an ankh across its forehead.

About The Artist: Mark Kostabi

Artist and Composer Mark Kostabi was born in Los Angeles in 1960 to Estonian immigrants. He was raised in Whittier, California and studied drawing and painting at California State University, Fullerton. In 1982 he moved to New York and by 1984 he became a leading figure of the East Village art scene. During that time he also developed a provocative media persona by publishing self-interviews that commented on the commodification of contemporary...

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About The Medium: Oil

Process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. Commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, poppy seed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil.

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Alphabet City

Mark Kostabi

1987-89

Alphabet City

Mark Kostabi

1987-89

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