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Auction Name: 2026 January 28 Tools at Play: The Hechinger Collection Modern & Contemporary Art Showcase Auction
Lot Number: 36027
Shortcut to Lot: HA.com/17228*36027
Mr. Imagination (Gregory Warmack) (1948-2012)
Paintbrush Head with Copper Tiara, 1990
Mixed media
12 x 3 inches (30.5 x 7.6 cm) (work)
Signed and dated on the reverse: Mr. Imagination / 1990
Property from the Hechinger Collection
EXHIBITED:
City Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri, (and elsewhere), "Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection," July 1, 2001-December 30, 2008.
LITERATURE:
P. Hamill, Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection, New York, 1995, p. 100, far right example, illustrated.
Condition Report*:
Presents well. Overall condition of paintbrush inherent due to artist's use of upcycled materials. A few scattered chips with minor losses to figure's face and beard. UV examined.
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