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The Stilts or the Stairs

Name: The Stilts Or The Stairs | Mark Kostabi
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 79358

Mark Kostabi

$35,000

American (1960)

Date: 1989
Oil on Canvas, dated and titled
Size: 72 x 54 in. (182.88 x 137.16 cm)

$35,000

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about The Stilts or the Stairs

This bright red painting by surrealist artist Mark Kostabi features his signature faceless figures.

One figure, in white, leans against a set of brightly lit stairs while two red figures on stilts look down upon the white figure. This painting is titled and dated verso.

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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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