Ross Bleckner - 20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Afternoon Session New York Tuesday, December 8, 2020 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles
    Private Collection (acquired from the above)
    Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, November 13, 2001, lot 188
    Tilton Gallery, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in December 2001

  • Artist Biography

    Ross Bleckner

    American • 1949

    Ross Bleckner's large-scale, almost-cosmic abstract paintings came to define a certain aesthetic era in New York in the 1980s and '90s. As much known for his celebrity friendships and Sex and the City references to his long-time relationship with gallerist Mary Boone, Bleckner is somewhat of a star, especially as the youngest artist to receive a solo retrospective at the Guggenheim at the age of 46. 

    His circular dot paintings, which serve as both activism and tribute to the disastrous impact of the AIDS empidemic on New York's gay community, are some of his most buzzed-about and recognizable works still today. However, his heydey was hardly just the '90s—with international gallery exhibitions yearly and a steady, accessible market that has held its value; in 2016, Artnet described Bleckner as an "'80s Art World 'It' Boy Having a New York Moment" when he had six shows running concurrently.

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Love by Ambition

signed, titled and dated "Ross Bleckner 1996 LOVE BY AMBITION" on the reverse
oil on canvas
84 x 72 in. (213.4 x 182.9 cm)
Painted in 1996.

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000 

Sold for $81,900

Contact Specialist

Rebekah Bowling
Head of Day Sale, Afternoon Session
New York

1 212 940 1250
rbowling@phillips.com

20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Afternoon Session

New York 8 December 2020