Untitled (Side Swiped and Carved Face 41.32)
Mark Grotjahn's untitled work features an abstracted face rendered through oil on cardboard mounted on linen. The piece showcases Grotjahn's characteristic gestural approach and carved surface techniques.
- Medium
- oil on cardboard mounted on linen
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
The Macklowe Collection
May 16, 2022
Estimate: $6,000,000 – $8,000,000
Lot 18
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Untitled (Tuscan Red and Pink Rose Butterfly 45.90)
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"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."
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