Lorna Simpson

i. Actress 2D ii. Barbara 1M iii. Actress 1C iv. Actress 3A [Four Individual Works]

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March 18, 04:56 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from A Private Collection

Lorna Simpson

b. 1960

i. Actress 2D

ii. Barbara 1M

iii. Actress 1C

iv. Actress 3A

[Four Individual Works]

each signed, titled and dated 2007 on the reverse

each: graphite, ink and watercolor on paper

Each Sheet: 8½ by 11 in. (21.6 by 27.9 cm.)

Each Framed: 13 by 10¼ in. (33 by 26 cm.)

Salon 94, New York

Each: Acquired from the above by the present owner in October 2007

“Barbara and Actresses came out of a video installation called The Institute (2007). When I was thinking about the stills from that, which consisted of found footage, I realized they would be amazing drawings, but I didn’t draw at the time. In terms of my own practice and process, it was interesting to be able to play with this medium, which means using my own hands. It was really liberating in comparison to taking photographs or working in video or other mediums that require more collaborative or technically process-oriented results. I started drawing heads as well as the backs of heads. It allowed me to be more playful in the way that I approach the other things that I do, which is really important.”

Lorna Simpson in conversation with Heidi Zuckerman, “Daring as a Woman: An Interview with Lorna Simpson,” The Paris Review, 10 November 2017