Untitled (Canary Yellow and Crimson Red Butterfly 823) 無題（金絲雀黃和赤紅色蝴蝶823）
Mark Grotjahn's colored pencil drawing features a butterfly motif rendered in vibrant canary yellow and crimson red hues. The work exemplifies the artist's exploration of color intensity and figurative abstraction.
- Medium
- coloured pencil on paper
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Day Auction
April 28, 2022
Estimate: $1,500,000 – $2,500,000
Lot 536
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Untitled (Tuscan Red and Pink Rose Butterfly 45.90)
2015
"The ‘Face Paintings’ allow me to express myself in a way that the ‘Butterflies’ don’t. I have an idea as to what sort of face is going to happen when I do a ‘Face Painting,’ but I don’t exactly know what color it will take, or how many eyes it’s going to have, whereas the ‘Butterflies’ are fairly planned out. They’re still intuitive, but I generally know where they are going. It’s a different kind of freedom, a different kind of expressionism. It’s personal without being overtly personal."
Untitled (Black and Brown Butterfly 647a & 647b)
2006
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