Rebecca Warren - 20th Century to Now London Friday, June 30, 2023 | Phillips

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  •  “…it comes from a strange nowhere, then gradually something comes out into the light. There are impulses, half-seen shapes, things that might have stuck with you from decades ago, as well as more recently. It’s all stuff in the world going through you as a filter.” 
    —Rebecca Warren

    • Provenance

      Maureen Paley, London
      Acquired from the above by the present owner

    • Catalogue Essay

      Warren says about her work that ‘it comes from a strange nowhere, then gradually something comes out into the light. There are impulses, half-seen shapes, things that might have stuck with you from decades ago, as well as more recently. It’s all stuff in the world going through you as a filter …’

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Model for a Degenerate Building, 2009 - 1999

hand-painted clay on painted MDF plinth
sculpture 56.3 x 34 x 26.5 cm (22 1/8 x 13 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
plinth 108.5 x 35 x 35 cm (42 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
overall 164.8 x 35 x 35 cm (64 7/8 x 13 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)

Executed in 2009.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
£35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠

Contact Specialist

Leonor de Osma
Head of Sale, 20th Century to Now
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20th Century to Now

London Auction 30 June 2023