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1995
"PARADE-2" announces itself as a work of genuine pictorial ambition, painted in oil and gouache on a substantial square wood panel measuring nearly four feet on each side. Completed in 1995, the piece belongs to an early and critically formative period in Amy Sillman's career, predating the widespread recognition she would later receive and reflecting a moment when her synthesis of figuration, abstraction, and psychological unease was consolidating into a fully distinctive voice. The wood support, built with stretchers to a depth of 7.6 cm, gives the work a pronounced physical presence, and the combination of oil and gouache creates a surface of layered opacity and tonal variation that rewards close looking. The panel is signed, dated, and titled on the verso, confirming its authenticity and placing it squarely within Sillman's documented output from the mid-1990s. The provenance of this work traces a compelling path through the New York art world of the period, passing through Salvatore Ala Gallery and Lipton/Owen Gallery before entering the Hemphill Collection in Miami. Each of these represents a context in which serious early attention was paid to Sillman's practice, and the work's subsequent preservation in a private collection has kept it in excellent condition, with no fading and only a minor cosmetic ding to the wood stretcher at the lower right. For collectors, this combination of early date, institutional provenance, and physical integrity is uncommon. Sillman has consistently drawn on humor, vulnerability, and the language of cartooning while remaining in serious dialogue with the history of painting, and "PARADE-2" captures that sensibility at a pivotal moment. Works from this period appear infrequently on the market, making this panel a meaningful opportunity to acquire a well-documented example from an artist whose critical and institutional stature has only deepened over the three decades since this work was made.
- Medium
- Oil & Gouache on Wood.
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Gallery · VINCE fine arts/ephemera
For Sale — $250000
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