Contemporary Discoveries

Roxy Paine

Psilocybe Cubensis Tray (Phototropic Response)

Lot Closed

March 16, 06:19 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Roxy Paine

b. 1966

Psilocybe Cubensis Tray (Phototropic Response)

polymer with lacquer and oil paint in steel tray

26 by 17½ by 7 in.

66 by 44.5 by 17.8 cm.

Executed in 1997, this work is unique.

Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1999

John Mendelsohn, "Reconstructing Craft," Artnet Magazine, 7 October 1998, illustrated in color (online)

William Zimmer, "Seven Artists Apply Craft to Fine Art," The New York Times, 11 October 1998, p. CN14

Stamford, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Interlacings: The Craft of Contemporary Art, September - November 1998

Atlanta, Atlanta College of Art, 1999