Tom Otterness - Editions & Works on Paper New York Friday, July 24, 2020 | Phillips

Create your first list.

Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.

  • Artist Biography

    Tom Otterness

    American • 1952

    American artist Tom Otterness generated considerable controversy in 1977 for his conceptual work Shot Dog Film, notorious for its unblinking violence and unashamed cruelty. The piece established Otterness as a risk-taking artist, not afraid to push the boundaries of what is socially acceptable.

     

    Yet the controversial work would eventually haunt him for years, particularly as shows of violence became scarce in an increasingly modern society. Veering off in a diametrically opposite direction, Otterness started working with lost wax and bronze to create public art installations. Often inhabiting parks, center squares and transportation infrastructures, Otterness' sculptures tend towards the comedic. They are cartoonish and cheeky, nodding at art history, pop culture, capitalism, greed and satire. To date, Otterness is one of the most successful public artists world-wide.

     

    View More Works

217

Giant

1994
Drypoint, on wove paper, with full margins.
S. 79 1/2 x 31 1/4 in. (201.9 x 79.4 cm)
Signed with initials and numbered 14/25 in pencil, published by Brooke Alexander Editions Inc., New York, unframed.

Estimate
$1,500 - 2,500 

Sold for $1,875

Contact Specialist
Kelly Troester
Worldwide Co-Head of Editions, Modern
+1 212 940 1221
ktroester@phillips.com

Cary Leibowitz
Worldwide Co-Head of Editions, Contemporary
1 212 940 1222
cleibowitz@phillips.com

Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 23 - 24 July 2020