Untitled (AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)

a cady noland edition made from seventeen a-form barrier brackets in white injection molded plastic, all laced onto a single white horizontal board sits on granite pavers at the bottom of marcel breuer's hammered concrete stairs in the lower level of what was once sarabeth's, a diner on madison avenue. the only pop of color in this photo by ian ware is a yellow a-frame signboard warning of wet floors, which is on the other side of the deepset window, in the sunken courtyard
People are afraid to even Swiffer their Cady Nolands now: Four In One Sculpture, 1998, ed. 5 of 20, was just sold, dirt and all, for $35,560 at Sotheby’s

When Ian saw Cady Noland’s 1998 edition installed in the old Sarabeth’s space on Madison Avenue last week, he realized it was [also?] a text work. It has at least seventeen As, with perhaps some spares:

Meanwhile,

a yellow a-frame signboard warning of wet floors stands sideways against a large, deepset plate glass window with black granite surround, as if it is peeking in like a sicko in that one comic panel, saying yes ha ha ha yes to the similarly a-framed cady noland sculpture mostly cropped out of the left edge of the photo

the bidding on this was so weird; it seemed like it suddenly flipped to no reserve, then a $4,000 bid was withdrawn, and for a brief moment until it got back on track, I did wonder if I’d get it for one crisp dollar.