Jack Whitten
Special Checking , 1974 (Dated)
Lot #3 |
2019-03-01 |
Sotheby's, New York
Contemporary Curated
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 300,000 - 500,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N10027
Auction name: Contemporary Curated
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2019-03-01
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century American Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 1/8 by 95 7/8 in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
137.5
Width In Centimeters:
243.5
Height In Inches:
54.125
Width In Inches:
95.875
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Edition: 8
Edition notes: Edition 1/8.
Year notes: Dated in 1974.
Provenance
Verrières-Le-Buisson, Paris, 26 April 1992, Lot 212 Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Jack Whitten , August - September 1974, illustrated on the cover of the exhibition catalogue Catalogue Note "The difference is that the first human who rendered a figure—abstract or representational—did so on a ground that was a ready-made found in nature. My ground is not a ready-made...The slab I create is a ground. It is a concrete statement about matter, the same as a stone fragment, a piece of skin from an animal, a bark from a tree, or a cave wall. Once I make it and put my mark on it then I can apply any variety of subjects or symbols as I desire."Jack Whitten
Catalog summary
Jack Whitten Special Checking signed, titled and dated 1974 on the reverse acrylic on canvas with rope collage 54 1/8 by 95 7/8 in. 137.5 by 243.5 cm. Provenance Verrières-Le-Buisson, Paris, 26 April 1992, Lot 212 Acquired from the above sale by the present owner Exhibited New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Jack Whitten , August - September 1974, illustrated on the cover of the exhibition catalogue Catalogue Note "The difference is that the first human who rendered a figure—abstract or representational—did so on a ground that was a ready-made found in nature. My ground is not a ready-made...The slab I create is a ground. It is a concrete statement about matter, the same as a stone fragment, a piece of skin from an animal, a bark from a tree, or a cave wall. Once I make it and put my mark on it then I can apply any variety of subjects or symbols as I desire."Jack Whitten