#60 • David Cole: 10 Signed, Numbered LE Paint Stirrers

Part of Curated Treasures: High-End Furniture, Décor, Artwork, Housewares & More (timed auction by Lux Auctions)

High bid $23.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art

Ten wooden paint stir sticks decorated and numbered between 92 and 674 in a series of 2000 and signed by American visual poet and multimedia artist David Cole (b. Charleston, SC 1939-2000). Each stick is 12" x 1", covered on both sides from end to end, signed on one end, and tagged with a sequence number and date between 1996 and 1998 (handwritten owner names on the reverse). A philosophy major at Princeton, Cole earned a Ph.D. in critical theory at Brandeis and taught college English before pursuing art full-time. He saw painting as an extension of writing, a state of constant transition. Private and university collections document his inroads into Mail Art, large public letter displays in St. Paul, Minnesota, picture poems, and artistic collaborations, among other projects. Please see all photos for more details.