Sarah Crowner
Untitled (Around Orange)
Lot closes
June 7, 03:12:30 AM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 250,000 USD
Starting Bid
150,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sarah Crowner
b. 1974
Untitled (Around Orange)
Executed in 2023.
Acrylic on canvas, sewn (two panels)
72 x 150 in. (182.88 x 381 cm)
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© Sarah Crowner; Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York.
Multidisciplinary artist Sarah Crowner (b. 1974, Philadelphia, PA; lives in Brooklyn, NY) has a tactile, investigative practice that incorporates handpainted canvas and experimentation with color and nuance. Inspired by shapes from a wide range of sources, from nature to graphics, Crowner creates paintings and sculptures that test the boundaries of abstraction. Crowner was awarded the 2020 Rome Prize by the American Academy in Rome and has been commissioned to do site-specific installations at the US Embassy of Honduras; Park House, Dallas; and the Guggenheim Museum, New York. Recent solo shows include presentations at Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis; Hill Art Foundation, New York; Instituto Bardi Casa de Vidro and Auroras, São Paulo; and Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico.