
Claudia as Flora
2010
Marc Quinn's 'Claudia as Flora' (2010) is an oil on canvas portrait that reimagines a contemporary subject through classical allegorical traditions. The work engages with themes of beauty, nature, and artistic transformation.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
October 14, 2021
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Jenny Saville
British · b. 1970

Saville creates large scale figurative oil paintings that engage deeply with the female form in a contemporary context, sharing Quinn's commitment to reexamining classical representations of the body through a modern British lens.

Cecily Brown
British · b. 1969

Brown's colorful, lush oil paintings blend figuration with art historical references including classical allegory and botanical abundance, closely mirroring the rich painterly language and thematic concerns of Quinn's flora infused portrait work.

John Currin
American · b. 1962

Currin is known for his technically precise oil on canvas portraits that deliberately merge contemporary subjects with old master and classical allegorical traditions, paralleling Quinn's approach of reimagining modern figures through historical painterly conventions.
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