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Vija Celmins — Spiderweb
Vija Celmins

Spiderweb

Vija Celmins renders an intricate spiderweb with her signature obsessive attention to detail, capturing the delicate geometry of silk threads suspended in space. The work exemplifies her meticulous practice of reproducing found natural phenomena, transforming a fleeting, fragile structure into an enduring and meditative image. Characteristic of her broader body of work, the piece invites prolonged looking, collapsing the distance between representation and reality.

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November 30, 2018

Estimate: $2,500$3,500

Lot 29

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Vija Celmins, Spiderweb

Vija Celmins renders an intricate spiderweb with her signature obsessive attention to detail, capturing the delicate geometry of silk threads suspended in space. The work exemplifies her meticulous practice of reproducing found natural phenomena, transforming a fleeting, fragile structure into an enduring and meditative image. Characteristic of her broader body of work, the piece invites prolonged looking, collapsing the distance between representation and reality.

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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

20th-Century Art, Nature Subject, Conceptual Realism, Photorealistic, Quiet Intensity, Intricate Detail, Spiderweb Motif, Monochromatic, Latvian-American Artist, Female Artist, Contemporary Realism

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Collected by

Hamilton Selway Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago