Billy Apple New Zealand, Britain, 1935-2021
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About Billy Apple
Billy Apple, the adaptive name of Barrie Bates, was born in 1935 in Auckland. He studied at the Royal College of Art, London and was at the vanguard of British Pop Art, rebranding himself as Billy Apple in 1962. Billy Apple moved to New York in 1964 and exhibited in the seminal American Supermarket installation. He developed a Conceptual Art practice and established APPLE (1969 –1973), as one of New York’s seven not-for-profit spaces.
The total number of works by Billy Apple offered for sale by auction since 1992 is 249, of which 173 (69%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $52,135 for Sold sold by Art+Object in August 2014. This year 4 works have been offered for sale. Works by Billy Apple are held by the Auckland Art Gallery, Museum Of New Zealand and a further five major public national galleries (see list below).
Billy Apple is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 5
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
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