Nina Simone Childhood Home: Benefit Auction Co-Presented by the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund and Pace Gallery | Hosted by Sotheby’s
Nina Simone Childhood Home: Benefit Auction Co-Presented by the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund and Pace Gallery | Hosted by Sotheby’s
Cecily Brown
Runaway
Lot Closed
May 22, 07:01 PM GMT
Estimate
220,000 - 260,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Cecily Brown
b. 1969
Runaway
Executed in 2021.
Signed and dated on verso
Oil on linen
19 x 17 in. (48 3/10 x 43 1/5 cm.)
© Cecily Brown. Courtesy: Cecily Brown and Paula Cooper Gallery Photo: Genevieve Hanson
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Acquired from the artist's studio
This painting depicts an amalgamated scene of milky flesh amidst mid-apocalyptic chaos. Through the smoke and rubble emerge moments of clarity; a truncated female figure, and suggestions of flora and fauna, broken machinery, and tumbledown cities all crowd the canvas. The soft, clouded yellows exude a lightness and sense of hope in contrast to the tumultuous surroundings.