Genieve Figgis - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in association with Yongle Hong Kong Tuesday, November 29, 2022 | Phillips
  • "I love looking at ideas of the past in Old Masters. They were made to tell you a story. Some of the portraits have the authority and theatricality... I enjoy looking at people from the past and how they portrayed themselves."
    — Genieve Figgis

    Gawen Hamilton, The Du Cane and Boehm Family Group, 1734 Collection of the Tate Britain, London

    Gawen Hamilton, The Du Cane and Boehm Family Group, 1734
    Collection of the Tate Britain, London


    "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. The women in the paintings are reinventions of historical portraits. I like to paint them as more vibrant characters, braver more colourful and alive."
    — Genieve Figgis

     

    The present work (far right) exhibited at Shanghai, Almine Rech, Genieve Figgis: Floating World, 20 September – 19 October 2019

    The present work (far right) exhibited at Shanghai, Almine Rech, Genieve Figgis: Floating World, 20 September – 19 October 2019
    • Provenance

      Almine Rech, Shanghai
      Acquired from the above by the present owner

    • Exhibited

      Shanghai, Almine Rech, Genieve Figgis: Floating World, 20 September – 19 October 2019

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The Gathering

signed and dated 'genieve figgis 2019' on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
100 x 150 cm. (39 3/8 x 59 in.)
Painted in 2019.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
HK$800,000 - 1,200,000 
€99,600-149,000
$103,000-154,000

Sold for HK$1,512,000

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

20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in association with Yongle

Hong Kong Auction 30 November 2022