Contemporary Discoveries
Contemporary Discoveries
Sam McKinniss
Still Life with Primroses, Pears and Pomegranates (after Fantin-Latour)
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March 16, 07:41 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sam McKinniss
b. 1985
Still Life with Primroses, Pears and Pomegranates (after Fantin-Latour)
signed R. Samuel McKinniss, titled and dated 2018 (on the reverse)
oil over acrylic on canvas
30 by 24 in.
76.2 by 61 cm.
Executed in 2018.
Almine Rech Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)
Gary Indiana, "Claim to Fame," ArtForum, vol. 58, no. 1, September 2019, illustrated
Thora Siemsen, "Famous Feelings with Painter Sam McKinniss," Ssense, 13 February 2019, illustrated
"What Fantin-Latour represents for McKinniss is something close to perfection in paint, the apogee of particular skills and sensitivities that McKinniss also has in abundance."
(Gary Indiana, "Claim to Fame," ArtForum, vol. 58, no. 1, September 2019, illustrated)