Rinus Van de Velde - New Now New York Wednesday, March 8, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Patrick Painter Inc., Los Angeles
    Private Collection, Los Angeles
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Los Angeles, Patrick Painter Inc., Rinus Van de Velde, September 22–October 27, 2012
    Los Angeles, Patrick Painter Inc., John Newsom, Rinus Van de Velde, July 2–August 15, 2016

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Rinus van de Velde, Antwerp, November 2012: Why Conrad is my best friend? Because he's everything I am not. And since I'm so boring and normal, he's a thousand things. I negotiate my whole identity with his. You could say that, through him, I become the sculptor of my artistic self. Even now that he's gone, I can feel him standing somewhere behind me.

signed and dated "Rinus Van de Velde 2012" on the reverse
charcoal on canvas, in artist's frame
canvas 78 5/8 x 53 1/8 in. (199.7 x 134.9 cm)
artist's frame 80 x 54 1/2 in. (203.2 x 138.4 cm)

Executed in 2012.

Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000 

Sold for $33,020

Contact Specialist

Avery Semjen
Head of Sale, New Now
212 940 1207
asemjen@phillips.com

New Now

New York Auction 8 March 2023