Lot 426
  • 426

Steven Parrino

Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
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Description

  • Steven Parrino
  • Skeletal Implosion #2
  • signed and dated 2001 on the stretcher
  • enamel on canvas
  • Diameter: 81 1/4 in. 206.4 cm.

Provenance

Estate of the artist

Literature

Andisheh Avini and Blair Thurman, eds., Steven Parrino, New York, 2007, p. 21, illustrated in color
Jerry Saltz, "The Wild One," New York Magazine, November 2007

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. Please refer to the following condition report prepared by Simon Parkes Art Conservation. Unframed.
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Catalogue Note

"PAINTING IS DEAD. I saw this as an interesting place for painting...death can be so refreshing, so I started engaging in necrophilia...approaching history in the same way that Dr. Frankenstein approaches body parts." - Steven Parrino