Cecily Brown

Gagosian Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2004

This work is in very good condition. The surface is clean, the colors are vibrant and the canvas is well-stretched. There is a faint evidence of soiling at the top corners. Otherwise, there are no apparent condition problems with this work. There is no evidence of inpainting under UV light inspection. Unframed.
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I think that painting is a kind of alchemy...the paint is transformed into image, and hopefully paint and image transform together into a third and new thing...I want to catch something in the act of becoming something else, not in the sense of it becoming a leg or a tree or whatever, but something hard to name. Maybe that is why I am so inclined to stop short of letting things become a complete leg or tree, why I don't want things completely described.
– Cecily Brown