Lot 47
  • 47

Cecily Brown

Estimate
700,000 - 900,000 USD
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Description

  • Cecily Brown
  • Girls Eating Birds
  • signed and dated 04 on the reverse of each panel

  • oil on canvas in three parts
  • Each: 77 x 55 in. 195.6 x 139.7 cm. Overall: 77 x 165 in. 195.6 x 419.1 cm.

Provenance

Gagosian Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2005

Exhibited

New York, Gagosian Gallery, Cecily Brown, January - February 2005
Miami, Miami Art Museum, Big Juicy Paintings (and more): Highlights from the Permanent Collection, June - September 2006 

Literature

Exh. Cat., New York, Gagosian Gallery, Cecily Brown Paintings 2003 - 2006, 2006, pl. 23, pp. 23-24, illustrated in color
Ealan Wingate, ed., Cecily Brown, New York, 2008, pp. 184-185, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in excellent condition overall. Each panel is numbered on the Lebron stretcher 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Under UV light there are no apparent restorations. The three canvases are not framed and are not joined.
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