Genieve Figgis - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale Hong Kong Tuesday, June 21, 2022 | Phillips

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  • "The melting in the paint that you see allows me to invent and direct as I go along. The painting is a stage but it’s also working like it has no script. The story is made up impromptu with no idea of how it will end.” 
    —Genieve Figgis

    Francisco Goya, Charles IV of Spain and His Family, 1800-1801
    Collection of Museo del Prado, Madrid

     

     

    • Provenance

      Half Gallery, New York
      Acquired from the above by the present owner

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Friends in the Studio

signed and dated 'genieve figgis 2016' on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
80 x 100 cm. (31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
Painted in 2016.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
HK$600,000 - 800,000 
€72,700-96,900
$76,900-103,000

Sold for HK$1,764,000

Contact Specialist

Danielle So
Specialist, Head of Day Sale
+852 2318 2027
danielleso@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale

Hong Kong Auction 21 June 2022