Hernan Bas - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in Association with Poly Auction Hong Kong Sunday, June 6, 2021 | Phillips

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  • I do like the idea that everything is containedthe entire narrative, within the frame of the canvas; but paintings that I consider to be successful are always on the verge of falling apart. To me, thats the fun of itthe eminent collapse, and also the challenge.  —Hernan Bas

     

    Hernan Bas

    The artist in his studio

    • Provenance

      Lehmann Maupin, New York & Hong Kong
      Acquired from the above by the present owner

    • Exhibited

      Seoul, PLATEAU at Samsung Museum of Art, Hernan Bas: Tracing Shadows, 19 March – 7 June 2015

    • Artist Biography

      Hernan Bas

      Hernan Bas (b.1978) is a contemporary American painter who lives and works in Miami. His paintings are influenced by the romantic and decadent legacies of 18th and 19th century art, literature, poetry, and religion. These influences result in canvases that are complex and highly detailed and often portray characters, typically young male figures, nestled among flora and fauna.  

      Hernan Bas received a degree from the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida in 1996. Solo exhibitions of Bas’ work have been curated by the Rubell Museum, Miami, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, and Space, K, Seoul.  Bas’ artwork is found in permanent collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada, and Carré d'Art - Musée d'Art Contemporain, Nîmes, France.
       

       
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A Rising Fever

signed with the artist’s initials and dated ‘HB 15’ lower right; further signed with artist’s initials, titled and dated ‘”a rising fever” HB 15’ on the reverse
acrylic on linen
127 x 101.6 cm. (50 x 40 in.)
Painted in 2015.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
HK$500,000 - 700,000 
€52,900-74,000
$64,100-89,700

Sold for HK$2,142,000

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Danielle So
Associate Specialist, Head of Day Sale
DanielleSo@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in Association with Poly Auction

Hong Kong Auction 7 June 2021