Lot 140
  • 140

Scott Reeder

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Scott Reeder
  • French Pussy
  • signed, titled and dated 2007 on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 58.4 by 66cm.; 23 by 26in.

Provenance

Daniel Reich Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

London, Saatchi Gallery, Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture, 2009-10, p. 298-99, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals two tiny nicks to the extreme lower edge, one towards the centre and one approximately 10cm. from the lower right corner. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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Catalogue Note

“I don't usually start off with the intention of being funny. I'm more interested in just not being boring. Whether it's funny or not, I'm definitely interested in a kind of extreme reduction, understatement or deadpan—in making something really pithy.”

Scott Reeder
in conversation with Noah Dillon, ‘I Called Him Scott: An Interview with Scott Reeder,’ Art in America, 13 November 2013, online resource