Lot 1
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Lucien Smith

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Lucien Smith
  • Two Sides of the Same Coin
  • signed on the overlap
  • acrylic on unprimed canvas
  • 243.8 by 182.8cm.; 96 by 72in.
  • Executed in 2012.

Provenance

OHWOW Gallery, Los Angeles

Private Collection, Paris

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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Catalogue Note

"First, I had to figure out the ratio of water to paint to get the drops consistent… And then I had to figure out the angle and distance—there were so many factors. I ended up working inside a canopy tent so I could gauge my distance from the canvas.”

Lucien Smith quoted in: Christopher Bollen, ‘Lucien Smith’, Interview Magazine, online resource.