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Nina Simone Childhood Home: Benefit Auction Co-Presented by the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund and Pace Gallery | Hosted by Sotheby’s
Nina Simone Childhood Home: Benefit Auction Co-Presented by the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund and Pace Gallery | Hosted by Sotheby’s
Untitled (Nina)
拍品已結束競投
May 22, 07:04 PM GMT
估價
600,000 - 650,000 GBP
拍品資料
描述
Robert Longo
b. 1953
Untitled (Nina)
Executed in 2022.
Signed on bottom right on the face of the drawing
Charcoal on mounted paper
60 x 40 in. (152 2/5 x 101 3/5 cm.)
Framed: 60 x 45 in. (165 1/10 x 114 3/10 cm.)
© Robert Longo Studio, courtesy Pace Gallery
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Acquired from the artist's studio
A key figure of the “Pictures Generation” of the late 1970's and 80's, Robert Longo is widely known for his large-scale, hyper-realistic charcoal drawings.
His "Men in the Cities," charcoal and graphite series, presented at his first solo exhibition at Metro Pictures in New York in 1981, features among the most iconic artworks of the 1980s.
Longo continues to work with characteristic scale, precision, and relevance. His images drawn from recent history could easily be confused for representations but are in fact the artist's sensitive interpretations and amalgamations inspired by the media storm from current events, resulting in a perfect image.
Longo’s latest work is informed by the nation’s political upheaval, our tenuous ecological future, the Coronavirus Pandemic, and the artist’s personal experiences. Through his large-scale charcoal drawings, Longo seeks to focus on the power of the viewer and the individual’s capacity to create change, evoking a celebration of freedom of expression.
