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Jenny Saville — Ashes 灰
Jenny Saville

Ashes 灰

Jenny Saville's powerful charcoal drawing executed on canvas using charcoal from the historic Mackintosh Library, creating a work that merges material history with artistic expression. The piece demonstrates her characteristic focus on the human form and gestural mark-making.

Medium
charcoal from Mackintosh Library on canvas

🔨 Auction Lot

50th Anniversary Contemporary Evening Auction

April 5, 2023

Estimate: $5,000,000$7,000,000

Lot 1127

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Jenny Saville, Ashes 灰

Jenny Saville's powerful charcoal drawing executed on canvas using charcoal from the historic Mackintosh Library, creating a work that merges material history with artistic expression. The piece demonstrates her characteristic focus on the human form and gestural mark-making.

Medium
charcoal from Mackintosh Library on canvas
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Expressionism, Gestural, Portrait, Figure Drawing, Human Form, Charcoal On Canvas, Large Scale, Contemporary, Jenny Saville, Material History

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