
Bits n’ Pieces
2019
Christina Quarles' 'Bits n' Pieces' (2019) is an acrylic painting on canvas that explores abstraction through layered forms and fluid color interactions. The work exemplifies Quarles' contemporary approach to abstract painting with its dynamic compositional language.
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
The Now Evening Auction
November 16, 2022
Estimate: $600,000 to $800,000
Lot 21
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Amy Sillman
American · b. 1955

Sillman creates gestural acrylic paintings that share Quarles' fluid layering of abstract forms and bold expressive color interactions on canvas. Her dynamic compositional language and contemporary approach to abstraction closely mirror the energetic visual qualities found in Bits n Pieces.

Nicole Eisenman
American · b. 1965

Eisenman works in a similarly bold and expressive painterly style that blends figuration with abstraction using fluid acrylic forms and vivid colorful layering. Her contemporary American practice shares the gestural energy and playful compositional dynamism evident in this piece.

Cecily Brown
British · b. 1969

Brown's large scale acrylic and oil paintings feature intensely gestural and fluid abstract forms with bold overlapping color fields that closely resemble the layered compositional energy of Bits n Pieces. Her expressive and colorful approach to contemporary abstraction aligns strongly with Quarles' visual language.


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