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Elaine Sturtevant — Peinture à Haute Tension
Elaine Sturtevant

Peinture à Haute Tension

1970

Sturtevant's *Peinture à Haute Tension* is a complex, multi-layered work combining acrylic paint, flocking, cardboard collage mounted on canvas, and neon light. Rooted in her lifelong practice of appropriation and repetition, the piece challenges notions of authorship and originality by replicating and restaging the gestures of other artists. The addition of glowing neon introduces an electric tension that underscores the work's interrogation of authenticity, value, and the nature of artistic production.

Medium
acrylique, flocage, collage de carton marouflé sur toile et néon
Dimensions
Signed
Yes

Notes

LITERATURE C. Duparc, ''Faites-le vous-même'' in Le Nouvel Observateur, mars 1969. Aspects de l’art du XXe siècle, L'œuvre re-produite, catalogue d’exposition, Abbaye Saint André Centre d’Art Contemporain, Meymac, 1991 (une autre variante illustrée en couleurs p. 127). L. Maculan, Sturtevant Catalogue raisonné 1964-2004, Painting sculpture film and video, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2004, No. 377 (une autre variante illustrée en couleurs p. 149). EXHIBITED Paris, Galerie Claude Givaudan, Sturtevant. Huit Tableaux et un Prototype, 1970 (une autre variante exposée). Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Double messages, 2010 (une autre variante exposée). Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Pop Art Design, juin-septembre 2013 (une autre variante exposée). Rennes, Couvent des Jacobins, Forever Sixties. L'esprit des années 1960 dans la Collection Pinault, juin-septembre 2023, p. 185 (une autre variante exposée et illustrée en couleurs au catalogue d'exposition p. 137). Conditions of sale Brought to you by Elisabetta Vitullo Junior Specialist, Head of Day Sale EVITULLO@CHRISTIES.COM +33 (0)1 40 76 85 68

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Elaine Sturtevant, Peinture à Haute Tension, 1970

Sturtevant's *Peinture à Haute Tension* is a complex, multi-layered work combining acrylic paint, flocking, cardboard collage mounted on canvas, and neon light. Rooted in her lifelong practice of appropriation and repetition, the piece challenges notions of authorship and originality by replicating and restaging the gestures of other artists. The addition of glowing neon introduces an electric tension that underscores the work's interrogation of authenticity, value, and the nature of artistic production.

Medium
acrylique, flocage, collage de carton marouflé sur toile et néon
Dimensions
96.5 x 14 cm
Year
1970
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Christie's, London, United Kingdom

Related themes

Postmodernism, High Tension Mood, Neon Installation, Mixed Media, Collage, Appropriation Art, American Artist, Late 20th Century, Female Artist, Conceptual Pioneer

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