Nicolas Party - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Thursday, February 13, 2020 | Phillips

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  • Video

    Nicolas Party, 'Five works: (i) Blakam's stone (watermelon); (ii) Blakam's stone (lemon); (iii) Blakam's stone (orange); (iv) Blakam's stone (pear); (v) Blakam's stone (apple)', Lot 119

    20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, 14 February

  • Provenance

    (iv); (ii) Salon 94, New York
    (i); (iii); (v): Modern Institute, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    London, Phillips, HYSTERICAL, hosted by Gary Card, 18 July - 21 August 2019

  • Artist Biography

    Nicolas Party

    Nicolas Party (b. 1980) is a Swiss visual artist living and working in New York City and Brussels.
    He received his BFA from the Lausanne School of Art in 2004 and his MFA from the Glasgow
    School of Art, in Glasgow, Scotland in 2009. Party’s works on paper and canvas are most often done
    in colorful soft pastel, the most common subject matter being fantastical still life and portraits.

     

    Recent solo exhibitions include Karma, New York (2021–22, 2017); Le Consortium,
    Dijon, France (2021); Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp, Cully, Switzerland (2021); MASI
    Lugano, Switzerland (2021); Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles (2020); Xavier Hufkens,
    Brussels (2019); Modern Institute, Glasgow (2019); M Woods Museum, Beijing
    (2018); Magritte Museum, Brussels (2018); Kaufmann Repetto, Milan (2018);
    Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2016); and Dallas Museum of Art (2016). Party’s
    work is represented in the collections of the David Roberts Art Foundation, London;
    Migros Museum, Zurich; Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; and the Sifang Art
    Museum, Nanjing, China.

     
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Five works: (i) Blakam's stone (watermelon); (ii) Blakam's stone (lemon); (iii) Blakam's stone (orange); (iv) Blakam's stone (pear); (v) Blakam's stone (apple)

i) iii) v) signed, inscribed and dated ‘Nicolas Party 2012 “Kings Park U.S.A”’ on the underside
ii) iv) signed, inscribed and dated ‘Nicolas Party 2012 “Five Scotland"’ on the underside

acrylic on stone
i) 14.8 x 34.3 x 18.8 cm (5 7/8 x 13 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.)
ii) 9.6 x 28 x 23.4 cm (3 3/4 x 11 x 9 1/4 in.)
iii) 12.6 x 16.2 x 10.5 cm (4 7/8 x 6 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
iv) 6.5 x 24.4 x 7.9 cm (2 1/2 x 9 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
v) 8.2 x 10.9 x 14.5 cm (3 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.)

Executed in 2012.

Estimate
£40,000 - 60,000 

Sold for £52,500

Contact Specialist

Tamila Kerimova
Specialist, Head of Day Sale, Director, 20th Century & Contemporary Art

44 20 7318 4065
tkerimova@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 14 February 2020