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Works from A Prominent New York Collection

Sue Williams

Hemmit's Vibrissae

Lot Closed

March 18, 04:02 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 40,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Works from A Prominent New York Collection

Sue Williams

b.1954

Hemmit's Vibrissae


signed and dated 2000 on the reverse

oil and acrylic on canvas

72 by 84 in. (182.8 by 213.3 cm.)

303 Gallery, New York (acquired directly from the artist) 
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2000
303 Gallery, Sue Williams, New York 2001, pp. 7-8, illustrated
Shelley Emiling, "When it Comes to Art, Brooklyn, not Manhattan, is Where it's at," The Palm Beach Post, 7 September 2001
Edward M. Gomez, "Taking the Spirit of Brooklyn on a Florida Vacation," The New York Times, 16 September 2001
Adrian Dannatt, "YBAs (Young Brooklyn Artists)," The Art Newspaper Exhibitions, no. 118, October 2001, p. 32
Cameron, Dan and Juan Carlos Roman, Sue Williams:  Art for the Institution and the Home, Secession and Ivam, Wien 2002, p. 41, illustrated
Burton, Johanna, Sue Williams, JRP | Ringier, Zurich 2016, p. 79, illustrated

“I want to draw attention to issues; I want people to be informed. It’s a scary time. Everything gets integrated into the art, not always consciously. [The paintings] become a refuge. If I have visibility, I have the responsibility to try and change things.”


-Sue Williams in conversation with Carly Gaebe, Art in America, “The Sum of Its Parts: An Interview with Sue Williams”, 14 January 2014