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Jenny Saville & Glen Luchford — Closed Contact #14

Closed Contact #14

A raw and visceral image created through the collaboration of painter Jenny Saville and photographer Glen Luchford, *Closed Contact #14* depicts a female figure pressed against a glass surface, distorting and flattening the flesh into an unsettling, almost abstract form. The work challenges conventional representations of the body, transforming skin and mass into something simultaneously intimate and alienating. Through this compression, Saville and Luchford provoke questions about beauty, vulnerability, and the physical weight of human existence.

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Evening & Day Editions

January 22, 2026

Estimate: $8,000$12,000

Sold: $10,965

Lot 40

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Jenny Saville & Glen Luchford, Closed Contact #14

A raw and visceral image created through the collaboration of painter Jenny Saville and photographer Glen Luchford, *Closed Contact #14* depicts a female figure pressed against a glass surface, distorting and flattening the flesh into an unsettling, almost abstract form. The work challenges conventional representations of the body, transforming skin and mass into something simultaneously intimate and alienating. Through this compression, Saville and Luchford provoke questions about beauty, vulnerability, and the physical weight of human existence.

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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Collaboration, Distorted Perspective, Figurative Photography, Provocative Imagery, Flesh Tones, Raw Intensity, British Artists, Contemporary Art, Female Artist, Body Studies

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