Lot 609
  • 609

MARC QUINN | The Beautiful Reassimilation

Estimate
80,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description

  • Marc Quinn
  • The Beautiful Reassimilation
  • signed, titled and dated 2008 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 66 5/8 by 105 5/8 in. 169.2 by 268.3 cm.

Provenance

White Cube, London
Private Collection, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner 

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. Upon close inspection, there is evidence of wear and handling with associated faint abrasions, most noticeable along the left edge. There is evidence of very fine hairline craquelure along the right turning edge, only noticeable upon close inspection and under raking light. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, scattered areas of the surface fluoresce but are not a result of restoration. Unframed.
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Catalogue Note

"To create these hyperrealist oil paintings, Quinn creates a still-life arrangement in his studio using flowers and fruit bought in London on a particular day...The paintings depict a frozen moment of 'unnatural' time. Often large in scale and dramatically colored, their beauty belies a sinister subtext: the relentless human desire to control nature. Titled after freaks of ecology, the works offer up a corrupt beauty that suggests our possible future." Marc Quinn Studio