
Hello, this is Gilda from Sotheby’s
2005
A luminous figure emerges from layers of paraffin wax and pigment, rendered in Cano's signature encaustic technique that lends the work an ethereal, almost skin-like depth. The title's wry specificity evokes the transactional world of high-end art commerce, casting the anonymous subject in the role of a cultured intermediary between wealth and aesthetic desire. The waxy translucency of the medium itself becomes a metaphor for the polished veneer of the art market's social rituals.
- Medium
- paraffin wax, pigment and wax encaustic on panel
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
October 5, 2017
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