Dan Colen - 20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York New York Monday, March 11, 2024 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Gagosian Gallery, New York
    Private Collection (acquired from the above in 2010)
    Sotheby's, New York, September 29, 2015, lot 226
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • 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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Hot Box

chewing gum on canvas
48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
Executed in 2010.

Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000 

Sold for $20,320

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20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York

11 - 20 March 2024