Lot 548
  • 548

CHEYNEY THOMPSON | Chromachrome 8 (5BG/5R) diptych

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Cheyney Thompson
  • Chromachrome 8 (5BG/5R) diptych
  • signed on the reverse of the left panel
  • oil on canvas, in two parts
  • each: 24 by 20 1/8 in. 61 by 51.1 cm.
  • Executed in 2009.

Provenance

Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is very minor evidence of wear and handling to the edges. There is a linear surface irregularity in the lower right quadrant, approximately 6.5 inches from the bottom edge and 7 inches from the right edge, of the first canvas and another in the lower left corner of the second canvas. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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Catalogue Note

“The materiality of painting is the basis for his Chromachromes (2009), which depict a motif drawn from an enlarged scan of canvas. Thompson’s recursive process merges digital reproduction with the literal support: the woven pattern of the scanned linen is divided into values of highlight, midtone, and dark; it is then hand-painted using complementary colors drawn from Munsell’s system. Each painting is given a unique historical format, including those of an academic portrait painting, a diptych, and a Renaissance tondo…These paintings comment on the historical relations of artistic production (artist and market, labor and value), as well as on the circulation and exchange of commodities and information.” João Ribas, "Metric Pedestal Cabengo Landlord Récit" in Exh. Cat., Cambridge, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Metric Pedestal Cabengo Landlord Récit, 2012, p. 3