Sanford Biggers - Modern & Contemporary Art New York Wednesday, July 17, 2024 | Phillips
  • “I was always interested in how the quilts themselves have this sort of rhythmic pattern that alludes to perspective sometimes. You can look at the quilt almost like a portal to another dimension.”
    —Sanford Biggers

    • Provenance

      David Castillo Gallery, Miami
      Private Collection (acquired from the above)
      Phillips, New York, March 9, 2022, lot 89
      Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

    • Exhibited

      New York, The Bronx Museum of the Arts; Louisville, Speed Museum of Art; Los Angeles, California African American Museum, Sanford Biggers: Codeswitch, April 8, 2020–January 23, 2022, pp. 112–113, 169 (illustrated, p. 113)

    • Literature

      Victoria L. Valentine, “On View: See Images From ‘Sanford Biggers: Codeswitch,’ First Survey of Artist’s Quilt-Based Works at California African American Museum in Los Angeles,” Culture Type, January 20, 2022, online (California African American Museum, Los Angeles, 2022, installation view illustrated)

51

Banneker

antique quilt and gold leaf on birch plywood, in 2 parts
43 3/4 x 61 3/4 x 16 1/4 in. (111.1 x 156.8 x 41.3 cm)
Executed in 2016.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000 

Sold for $63,500

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Nina Piro
Specialist, Associate Vice President
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Modern & Contemporary Art

New York Auction 17 July 2024