Untitled (#84)
2008
Cecily Brown's Untitled (#84) from 2008 is an oil painting on linen that exemplifies her signature abstract expressionist style. The work features dynamic, gestural brushstrokes that create a sense of movement and energy on the canvas. Brown's layered approach to color and form produces a composition that oscillates between representation and pure abstraction.
- Medium
- oil on linen
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Day Auction
November 19, 2021
Estimate: $150,000 to $200,000
Lot 240
Artists in conversation
Joan Mitchell
American · b. 1925
Mitchell's large scale oil paintings share Brown's commitment to gestural abstraction, layered brushwork, and the tension between raw energy and compositional structure. Both artists work with expressive marks that hover between emotional landscape and pure painterly abstraction.
Willem de Kooning
Dutch American · b. 1904
De Kooning's abstract expressionist oils on linen feature the same dynamic gestural strokes and oscillation between figuration and abstraction that define Brown's Untitled (#84). His layered, energetic surfaces share the same restless pictorial quality found in this specific work.
Cy Twombly
American · b. 1928
Twombly's gestural oil works share Brown's neutral toned palette and expressive non representational mark making, creating compositions that feel simultaneously spontaneous and deeply considered. His layered painterly surfaces produce a similar sense of movement and visual energy.
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