Dan Colen - Contemporary Art Day Sale New York Friday, May 16, 2014 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton
    Private Collection

  • Exhibited

    East Hampton, Halsey McKay Gallery, Paint Off, Paint On, October 12 - November 10, 2013

  • Artist Biography

    Dan Colen

    American • 1979

    American artist Dan Colen has spent most of his career asking himself questions about the editorial decisions artists have to make when creating a scene from scratch on canvas. In his early work, Colen painted mundane interiors punctuated with fantastical elements. This manifested as part of a growing curiosity in the ethereal or divine intervention.

    Colen subsequently stepped away from paint as material and started using found objects as mediums with which to paint. Among these, Colen has used chewing gum, street trash, confetti, feathers, flowers and dirt. This methodology allows Colen to abandon control and create in a more free-form, subconscious manner.

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Haddad

2013
steel studs on canvas
30 x 22 1/2 in. (76.2 x 57.2 cm.)
Signed, titled and dated "Daniel Colen 2013 'Haddad'" along the overlap.

Estimate
$60,000 - 80,000 

Sold for $62,500

Contact Specialist
Amanda Stoffel
Head of Day Sale
astoffel@phillips.com
+1 212 940 1261

Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York 16 May 2014 11am