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Kiki Smith — Mortal
Kiki Smith

Mortal

"Mortal" by Kiki Smith is a portfolio work that reflects the artist's ongoing exploration of the human body and its vulnerabilities, created through a collaborative printmaking process with the publisher Thirteen Moons in New York. The piece is part of a limited edition of thirteen impressions, each individually signed, dated, and numbered by the artist in pencil, emphasizing the handmade and personal nature of the work. Smith's practice frequently engages with themes of mortality, embodiment, and the physical condition of human existence, translating these conceptual concerns into richly textured visual forms.

Medium
All signed, dated and numbered 7/13 in pencil, published by Thirteen Moons, New York, all framed.

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Evening & Day Editions

January 23, 2025

Lot 39

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Kiki Smith, Mortal

"Mortal" by Kiki Smith is a portfolio work that reflects the artist's ongoing exploration of the human body and its vulnerabilities, created through a collaborative printmaking process with the publisher Thirteen Moons in New York. The piece is part of a limited edition of thirteen impressions, each individually signed, dated, and numbered by the artist in pencil, emphasizing the handmade and personal nature of the work. Smith's practice frequently engages with themes of mortality, embodiment, and the physical condition of human existence, translating these conceptual concerns into richly textured visual forms.

Medium
All signed, dated and numbered 7/13 in pencil, published by Thirteen Moons, New York, all framed.
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Figurative Sculpture, Human mortality, Mixed Media, Gothic Aesthetic, American Artist, Monumental Form, Vulnerability and fragility, Late 20th Century, Allegorical subject matter, Contemporary Art

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