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Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art

Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art
Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art

Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art   Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art

RARE AND IMPORTANT VINTAGE MODERN MIXED MEDIA IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY LEGENDARY CALIFORNIA AWARD-WINNING DUAL TEAM ARTIST BOB & BOB. THIS WORK DEPICTS A COOL AND FASCINATING MIXED MEDIA DUAL PHOTOREALISTIC PORTRAIT OF BOB & BOB APPLIED TO PAINTED CANVAS ACCOMPANIED BY ROWS OF CIGARETTES AGAINST A COLORFUL MULTI-PAINTED CANVAS. IT IS SIGNED BOB & BOB AND DATED 6-3-79 ON THE VERSO. WE SEARCHED HIGH AND LOW FOR OTHER ARTWORKS ON THE MARKET BY BOB & BOB AND, TO OUR SURPRISE, COULD NOT FIND NOT ONE!

I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE ONLY ORIGINAL BOB & BOB PAINTING AVAILABLE FOR SALE ON THE MARKET ANYWHERE. A FEW OF THE MUSEUMS MENTIONED BELOW MAY HAVE BOB & BOB ARTWORKS IN THEIR PERMANENT COLLECTION; HOWEVER, NONE THAT WE COULD FIND ON THE INTERNET OPEN MARKET. ACQUIRED FROM AN AFFLUENT ESTATE SALE IN LOS ANGELES CA.

THE PAINTING IS IN GREAT OVERALL CONDITION. THE CIGARETTES ARE WORN, TORN, AND STALE. IT DOES NOT DETRACT FROM ITS BEAUTY IN ANY WAY. DIMENSIONS: 25"H x 25"W. Bob & Bob began their multi-media art career in 1974 while attending the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. For the next 10 years they worked almost exclusively as an Art Team, producing drawings, paintings, sculptures, performances, happenings, short films, songs, and more. In addition to their wry political observations, Bob & Bob brought a much needed sense of humor to the early world of Performance Art and Conceptual Art. Their wild inter-media performances attracted huge crowds of new art fans and are legendary for their excitement. Their drawings and paintings have been exhibited across America and abroad. In 2006 Bob & Bob were honored in the Pompidou Centre exhibition "LA: Birth of an Art Capital" (Paris, France), and in 2011, their work was featured in several exhibitions initiated by the Getty Museum's "Pacific Standard Time" initiative which chronicles the history of California art.

In addition, their short, 8mm films and videos have been featured in film festivals nationwide and abroad and broadcast on Public. Broadcasting Stations across the country.

Their early work was chronicled in the 1980 Astro Artz book "Bob & Bob: The First Five Years" by Linda Frye Burnham with a forward by Llyn Foulkes. And in1986, Otis/Parson Galleries mounted a retrospective exhibition of Bob & Bob's work, with catalog essays by Adolpho Nodal, Peter Frank and Kristine McKenna. Since the mid-80's, Bob & Bob collaborations have been few, but both Bobs have continued making art on their own as Paul Bob and The Dark Bob and always looking forward to an opportunity to collaborate as BOB & BOB.

1986 OTIS/PARSON EXHIBITION CENTER, Bob & Bob: A Retro- Selective 1975. 1986, Survey Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA (catalog essay by Peter Frank introduction by Adolpho Nodal, Essay by Peter Frank, Kristine McKenna interview with Bob & Bob). 1982 MARIANNE DESON GALLERY, Bob to Bob, Chicago, IL. 1981 ESPACE GALLERY, Ten Bad Indians, Los Angeles, CA. UPSTAIRS GALLERY, The Southwest Skies, Tryon, NC.

WPA GALLERY, American States, Washington, D. 1980 VANGUARD GALLERY, Forget Everything You Know Part II, Los Angeles, CA. 1979 SWOPE GALLERY / ART GARDEN, Are You Experienced? LOS ANGELES INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Performance Drawings. SCHAFFNER, From Bunny Steaks to Bankers, Los Angeles, CA. 2011 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, LOS ANGELES, "Under The Big Black Sun".

Catalog by Paul Schimmel, Los Angeles, CA (part of the Getty Museum's "Pacific Standard Time" initiative). LA GOES LIVE: PERFORMANCE ART IN CALIFORNIA: 1974-82, LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS, Curated by Elina Kevorkian, Los Angeles, CA part of the Getty Museum's Pacific. 1998 PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, "Teams", Philadelphia, PA.

1990 ZONA ARCHIVE, Firenze, ITALY. Traveled to museums and libraries in Italy, Germany, Spain and Finland.

1989 BOULDER CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, Concerning the Spiritual in Art, Boulder, CO (The Dark Bob). 1984 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Los Angeles.

Territory of Art (Paul Bob Town). MEDIARE GALLERY, Genova, ITALY (catalog). 1983 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, The Comic Spirit of Art, Long Beach, CA. MEDIA STUDY CENTER, Traveling Show, Buffalo, NY (catalog). DUCHESSA DI GALLERIA, Group Show, Genova, ITALY. 1982 AMERICAN GALLERY, Invitational Self-Portraits, Los Angeles, CA. AMERICAN GALLERY, Behavioral Patterns, Los Angeles, CA UNIVERSITY OF CALIF. WPA GALLERY, Lately In L. 1981 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, California Performance Art, Chicago, IL.

DOWNTOWN GALLERY, Young Turks, Los Angeles, CA. TORTUE GALLERY, Performance Artists Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA. INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Humor In Art, Los Angeles, CA (catalog).

1980 CRAFT AND FOLK ART MUSEUM, The Mask as Metaphor, Los Angeles, CA. LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART, Video'80, Long Beach, CA. BERKELEY MUSEUM OF ART, Video'80, Berkeley, CA (catalog). 1976 LOS ANGELES INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Imagination. SELECTED PERFORMANCES BY BOB & BOB - 1975 - 83.

1983 INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL, Rotterbobs, (representing the United States was Bob & Bob, Chris Burden, Johanna Went and James Lee Byers), Rotterdam, HOLLAND. 1981 WPA (Washington Project for the Arts), Across America, Washington, D. TORTUE GALLERY, Across America, Los Angeles, CA. GALLERY, Here's the News, Los Angeles, CA. WEST HUBBARD GALLERY, Nature's Perfect, Animals are Perfect, What are Humans?

ON THE BOARDS, Discotak, Seattle, WA. Russia Needs Help, San Francisco, CA. 1979 THE KITCHEN, The Fab Two, New York, NY. LOS ANGELES INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Forget Everything You Know.

1978 LOS ANGELES INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Sex Is Stupid. SCHAFFNER GALLERY, Brace Yourself For Action, Los Angeles, CA. 1976 LOS ANGELES INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, The Fab Two.

1975 LOS ANGELES INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, F. 1978-75 - Various unannounced performances in the streets.

Arte (1975), Rodeo Beach (1976), Oh Great, Now What? (1976), Deals (1976 thru'78), It's All Over (1977), We Must Be In The Wrong Place (1977), Just In From The Midwest (1977).

BOB & BOB DISCOGRAPHY - 1976 - 84. 1984 WE'RE ALL LUCKY. Produced by MOCA (The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles) as part of the Territory of Art (Paul Bob Town). 1983 WE KNOW YOU'RE ALONE b/w WE'VE BEEN SEEING THINGS, 12 in. Produced by PolyGram/Polydor Records, New York, NY.

International Performance Art Festival, Lantaren Venster. Cassette distributed in the Netherlands only. High Performance - The Record, Artists Doing Songs, dbl LP. 1981 ACROSS AMERICA, 12 in.

A continuous sound collage from the audio portion of performance by the same name. Records and Printed Matter, New York, NY. 1978 SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE, 12 in.

1976 BOB & BOB - THEIR GREATEST HITS, 12 in. 56 short cuts of Bob & Bob getting "hit". BOB AND BOB FILMS AND VIDEOS - 1975 - 2009. HERE'S THE NEWS (1980).

NATURE IS PERFECT, ANIMALS ARE PERFECT, WHAT ARE HUMANS, WHO ARE BOB & BOB (1980). A VISIT WITH BOB & BOB (1978). A BRIEF HISTORY OF BOB & BOB (1976). DRAWINGS FOR A POET with Lewis MacAdams. BOB AND BOB GUEST LECTURES - 1975 - Present. MOCA, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN, Pasadena, CA. OTIS/PARSON SCHOOL, Los Angeles, CA. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS, Valencia, CA. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley, CA. UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, Boulder, CO. UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, Denver, CO.

KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE, Kansas City, MO. BOOKSPACE (artbook store), Chicago, IL. THE ARCADE (gallery), Cleveland, OH. CONTEMPORARY MEDIA STUDY CENTER, Dayton, OH.

THE UPSTAIRS GALLERY, Tryon, NC. THE ATLANTA COLLEGE OF ART, Atlanta, GA. CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, New Orleans, LA. SWAIN SCHOOL OF DESIGN, New Bedford, MA. BOB & BOB: THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, by Linda Frye Burnham.

Published by Astro Artz, Inc. 50pp with 28 color plates.

CREATING THE FUTIURE: ART AND LOS ANGELES IN THE 1970'S, by Michael Fallon, Counterpoint Press, 2014. PERFORMANCE ARTISTS TALKING IN THE EIGHTIES. Montano, University of California Press, 2000. ARTSPEAK: A GUIDE TO CONTEMPORARY ART: 1945-PRESENT, Edited by Robert Atkins, Abbeville Press, NY. CATALOG LA: 1955 to 1985, Chronicle Press 2007.

MAKING WET: THE MAGAZINE OF GOURMET BATHING, by Leonard Koren, Imperfect Publishing 2012. PERFORMANCE ANTHOLOGY, Edited by Carl Loeffler and Nancy Frank. Published by Contemporary Arts Press, San Francisco, CA, 1985. YOUNG TURKS, By Stephen Seemayer, Published by Astro Artz Inc. Edited by Catherine Grenier Published by Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, 2006.

RISING: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTISTS BEFORE 1980 Published by the Getty Research Institute and the California International Arts Foundation. Lyn Kienholz (Author), Barbara Isenberg (Preface), Elizabeta Betinski (Editor), Corinne Nelson (Editor), 2010. LACE: THE LIVING ARCHIVE: Selected Publications & Print Ephemera from the Lace Archives 1978 2008 Published by Lace (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), 2010. COLLABORATION LABS: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTISTS IN THE ARTISTS SPACE MOVEMENT, Alex Donis, 18th Street Arts Complex, Pacific Standard Time, 2011. Int'l Performance Art Festival Organized by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Highland Art Agency and High Performance Magazine.

HUMOR IN ART, Essay by John McCowsky. Published by Media Center, Buffalo, NY. Int'l Performance Art Festival. Published by Lantaren Venster, Rotterdam, Holland. ASSESSORATO ALLA CULTURA, 1984 and 1986, catalog.

Published by Duchessa di Galleria, Genova, Italy. CAPTAIN SQUID AND THE TENTACLE ROOM, Michael McCall, Fabrik Press, 2020. AN ARTIST FOR PRESIDENT, Susanna Dakin, Hyphen Books, 2011. Two Performance Artists Kidnap Their Boss and Do Things With Him, Scotch Wichmann, Freakshow Books, 2014. This item is in the category "Art\Paintings". The seller is "vintagerotty" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.
  • Production Technique: Oil Painting
  • Artist: Bob & Bob
  • Unit of Sale: Single Piece
  • Signed By: Bob & Bob
  • Size: Large
  • Item Length: 25 in
  • Region of Origin: California, USA
  • Framing: Framed
  • Personalize: Yes
  • Year of Production: 1979
  • Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
  • Item Height: 25 in
  • Style: Pop Art, Figurative Art, Modernism, Abstract, Surrealism
  • Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
  • Culture: Modernism Pop Art Surrealism Surrealist
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Item Width: 25 in
  • Time Period Produced: 1970-1979
  • Signed: Yes
  • Title: Sex Is Stupid
  • Period: Contemoporary (1970 - 2020)
  • Material: Canvas, Paper
  • Subject: Figures
  • Type: Painting
  • Theme: People, Art, Portrait
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art   Rare Bob & Bob Antique Modern Mixed Media Oil Painting Old Vintage Pop Art