Description
Original 1989 Mary Boone Gallery exhibition card with embossed lettering, accompanied by a Duggal-produced 35mm slide of Philip Taaffe’s Old Cairo. This authentic gallery-issued set was created to promote Taaffe’s work during his influential late 1980s period at Mary Boone’s renowned 417 West Broadway location in SoHo, New York City.
Taaffe’s Old Cairo is a large-scale monoprint (91 × 67 ¾ inches) on linen, showcasing his signature layered, ornamental patterns inspired by Islamic and Middle Eastern design. The slide mount includes full documentation details: artist name, title, medium, size, date (1989), and the Mary Boone Gallery inventory number (MBG#4986).
This rare piece of New York art market history is highly collectible:
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A genuine Mary Boone Gallery announcement with the classic embossed card design
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Duggal-produced original slide for press, collectors, and institutional archives
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Direct provenance details for Taaffe’s Old Cairo, an important example of his mature monoprint work
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Captures the unique marketing practices of elite NYC galleries in the late 1980s
Condition notes:
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Embossed card in very good condition with minor handling wear consistent with age
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Slide mount labeled on both sides with clear gallery and artwork details
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Slide image in excellent condition, showing strong color and detail
A valuable document for collectors of contemporary art ephemera, Philip Taaffe’s work, or 1980s New York gallery history. Please view all the photos for details of condition and contents.
