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Nathaniel Mary Quinn — Dome
Nathaniel Mary Quinn

Dome

2014

"Dome" by Nathaniel Mary Quinn is a striking mixed-media work on Lenox paper that showcases the artist's signature fragmented portraiture, combining black charcoal, oil pastel, oil, paintstick, and gouache to create a haunting yet compelling human likeness. Quinn's masterful layering of materials results in a raw, textured surface where different sections of the face appear rendered in contrasting styles and tones, as if assembled from disparate visual sources. The work reflects Quinn's deeply personal artistic language, one rooted in memory and loss, giving the figure an emotionally charged presence that is simultaneously disjointed and powerfully cohesive.

Medium
black charcoal, oil pastel, oil, paintstick and gouache on Lenox paper
Dimensions

Notes

Execution: Executed in 2014.

🔨 Auction Lot

Modern & Contemporary Art

February 28, 2026

Estimate: $40,000$60,000

Sold: $38,700

Lot 121

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Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Dome, 2014

"Dome" by Nathaniel Mary Quinn is a striking mixed-media work on Lenox paper that showcases the artist's signature fragmented portraiture, combining black charcoal, oil pastel, oil, paintstick, and gouache to create a haunting yet compelling human likeness. Quinn's masterful layering of materials results in a raw, textured surface where different sections of the face appear rendered in contrasting styles and tones, as if assembled from disparate visual sources. The work reflects Quinn's deeply personal artistic language, one rooted in memory and loss, giving the figure an emotionally charged presence that is simultaneously disjointed and powerfully cohesive.

Medium
black charcoal, oil pastel, oil, paintstick and gouache on Lenox paper
Dimensions
74.6 x 96.5 cm
Year
2014
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Dark, American, Expressionism, Mixed Media, Gestural, Portrait, Charcoal, Abstract, Figurative, Contemporary

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Art Institute of Chicago