Self-portrait
A striking self-portrait rendered in pastel, ink, and collage, this work reflects Yankilevsky's characteristic exploration of the fragmented human psyche and inner life. The combination of media creates a layered, textured surface that blurs the boundaries between the physical and symbolic, merging autobiographical introspection with his signature surrealist-inflected visual language. The composition invites the viewer into a deeply personal yet universally resonant meditation on identity and existence.
- Medium
- pastel, ink and collage on card
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Escape Artists 2.0: The Non-Conformists Online
September 26, 2019
Estimate: $2,000 to $3,000
Lot 31
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Anselm Kiefer
German · b. 1945
Kiefer similarly employs mixed media including collage and layered materials to create psychologically dense works that probe identity, memory, and the fragmented self with a brooding and melancholic intensity.
Francis Bacon
British-Irish · b. 1909
Bacon's distorted figurative portraits share the same introspective and existentially charged exploration of the human psyche, using expressive technique to fragment and destabilize personal identity in deeply unsettling ways.
Antoni Tàpies
Spanish · b. 1923
Tàpies worked extensively with mixed media and collage to build heavily textured surfaces that blur physical and symbolic boundaries, creating introspective works with a similarly dark and meditative visual language rooted in material layering.
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