Post War & Contemporary Art 
24 May 2022
Post War & Contemporary Art 
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John McCracken 1934–2011

Universe Flight

1993
oil on canvas 44 h × 68 w in (112 × 173 cm)
estimate: $30,000–50,000
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Signed, titled and dated to verso ‘Universe Flight McCracken 1993’.
provenance: LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA | Acquired from the previous in 1994 by the present owner

This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.

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I like things that exist and don't—or seem to exist and seem not to, or seem to be of this world but also  maybe of some other world, too, at the same time. Then, to me, a work has breadth. If you make something that's overbearingly physical, it can seem to be only here and nowhere else. Or if something is real flighty and otherworldly, it can seem to be only there and not here. So I like to try to make things that are in both spheres.

John McCracken

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