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Jonas Wood
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description
- Jonas Wood
- Doyle
- signed, titled and dated 2013 on the reverse
- oil and acrylic on canvas
- 45 by 53 in. 114.3 by 134.6 cm.
Provenance
Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Acquires from the above by the present owner
Acquires from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Anton Kern Gallery, Jonas Wood, September - October 2013
Literature
R.C. Baker, "Home is Where the Paint is in Jonas Wood's Vivid Interiors," The Village Voice, 9 October 2013, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., New York, Anton Kern Gallery, Jonas Wood: Portraits, 2016, p. 21, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., New York, Anton Kern Gallery, Jonas Wood: Portraits, 2016, p. 21, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in excellent condition overall. There is light evidence of handling along the edges. The areas of impasto are all stable. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"In Doyle (2013), Wood appropriates a TV image in which blocky graphics representing a high-stakes pot and multiple hole cards are superimposed around a grizzled poker player. This plane of raw information contrasts with the incisive portrait; the choppy pink and gray flesh of the man's hand is reminiscent of Philip Guston's breakthrough cartoon paintings. But that master from the last century was constantly searching, scraping, and adjusting, brushing wet paint into smeary grounds until his characters seemed to coalesce out of the pigment like golems from the muck. Wood instead draws from his thorough preliminary studies for physical heft and narrative thrust. Up close, the patchwork colors in Doyle give rise to consummate abstract interplays of smooth and rough texture; a few steps back, they fuse into a world-weary mug surveying stacks of yellow poker chips and wads of greenbacks." (R.C. Baker, "Home is Where the Paint is in Jonas Wood's Vivid Interiors," The Village Voice, 9 October 2013)