Contemporary Discoveries
Contemporary Discoveries
Carrie Mae Weems
Some Said You Were the Spitting Image of Evil
Lot Closed
July 19, 04:39 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Carrie Mae Weems
b. 1953
Some Said You Were the Spitting Image of Evil
chromogenic print and etched glass in an artist's frame
26⅝ by 22¾ in.
67.6 by 57.8 cm.
Executed in 1995-96; this example is number 9 of an edition of 10 plus 2 artist proofs.
P.P.O.W Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
“Despite the variety of my explorations, throughout it all it has been my contention that my responsibility as an artist is to work, to sing for my supper, to make art, beautiful and powerful, that adds and reveals; to beautify the mess of a messy world, to heal the sick and feed the helpless; to shout bravely from the roof-tops and storm barricaded doors and voice the specifics of our historic moment.” — Carrie Mae Weems