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Nathaniel Mary Quinn — Naquan's Girl
Nathaniel Mary Quinn

Naquan's Girl

2018

Nathaniel Mary Quinn's *Naquan's Girl* (2018) is a striking mixed-media portrait executed in oil, paintstick, oil pastel, and gouache on canvas, showcasing the artist's signature fragmented approach to the human face. Disparate facial features are rendered in varying scales and styles, pulled from different visual references and collaged together into a single, commanding composition. The result is a deeply expressive and psychologically layered work that challenges conventional portraiture while evoking themes of memory, identity, and personal history.

Medium
oil, paintstick, oil pastel and gouache on canvas
Dimensions
Signed
Yes

Notes

Execution: Executed in 2018.

🔨 Auction Lot

Modern & Contemporary Art

February 28, 2026

Estimate: $30,000$40,000

Sold: $58,050

Lot 120

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Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Naquan's Girl, 2018

Nathaniel Mary Quinn's *Naquan's Girl* (2018) is a striking mixed-media portrait executed in oil, paintstick, oil pastel, and gouache on canvas, showcasing the artist's signature fragmented approach to the human face. Disparate facial features are rendered in varying scales and styles, pulled from different visual references and collaged together into a single, commanding composition. The result is a deeply expressive and psychologically layered work that challenges conventional portraiture while evoking themes of memory, identity, and personal history.

Medium
oil, paintstick, oil pastel and gouache on canvas
Dimensions
35.9 x 26 cm
Year
2018
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Male Artist, Mixed Media, Emerging Artist, Portraiture, Contemporary Artist, American Artist, Oil And Gouache, Fragmented Imagery, Figurative Art, Dark Moody Tones

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Art Institute of Chicago