
Illegitimate VII
1997
Luc Tuymans' triptych work from 1997 consisting of three oil paintings on canvas. 'Illegitimate VII' explores themes of legitimacy and representation through the artist's distinctive painterly language.
- Medium
- oil on canvas, triptych
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century to Now
June 30, 2023
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Marlene Dumas
South African · b. 1953

Dumas shares Tuymans' approach to figurative painting with muted, unsettling palettes and psychologically loaded imagery that questions representation and identity. Her oil works similarly explore uncomfortable themes of legitimacy, otherness, and human vulnerability through loose, painterly handling.

Neo Rauch
German · b. 1960

Rauch employs a similarly subdued and eerie figurative language in oil on canvas, constructing ambiguous narratives that resist clear interpretation. Like Tuymans, his work operates through pictorial tension and a deliberately muted tonal range that evokes psychological unease.

Peter Doig
British · b. 1959

Doig works in oil on canvas with a figurative approach that similarly balances representational imagery against atmospheric ambiguity and emotional distance. His layered, contemplative surfaces and interest in memory and representation align closely with Tuymans' painterly concerns in this triptych format.
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