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JOHN CURRIN (B. 1962)

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$ 7 000 000
Auction dateClassic
07.11.2023 19:00UTC -04:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 1059094
Lot 14 | JOHN CURRIN (B. 1962)
JOHN CURRIN (B. 1962)

Nice 'n Easy

signed and dated 'John Currin 1999' (on the overlap)

oil on canvas

44 x 34 in. (111.8 x 86.4 cm.)

Painted in 1999.





Provenance

Regen Projects, Los Angeles

Private collection, Los Angeles, 1999

Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 11 November 2008, lot 4

Private collection, New York

Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 15 November 2016, lot 25A

Private collection, New York

Gagosian Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

N. Sanders, "Reviews: John Currin at Regen Projects," Art Issues, no. 58, Summer 1999, p. 50.

K. Vander Weg and R. Dergan, eds., John Currin: New Paintings, New York, 2006, pp. 220-221 and 234-235 (illustrated).

S. Melikian, "At auctions, contemporary art shows its strength," The New York Times, 14 November 2008.

T. Godfrey, Painting Today, London, 2009, p. 406, no. 450 (illustrated).

M. Childs, "Christie’s auction buoyed by record $59m de Kooning," Financial Times, 16 November 2016.

N. Freeman, "‘A Lot of Naked Ladies, That Kind of Stuff’: John Currin on the Drawings Behind the Paintings, on View for the First Time at Frieze New York," ARTnews, 2 May 2017.

R. Tashjian, "John Currin, Painting's Male Provocateur, Turns His Brush To Men," GQ, 3 September 2019.

S. Jeffries, "John Currin: ‘Misogyny’s kind of a dumb word. I don’t hate women. I hate men’," The Guardian, 14 October 2022.



Exhibited

Los Angeles, Regen Projects, John Currin: New Paintings, January-February 1999.

Cambridge, Harvard University, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Painters: John Currin and Elizabeth Peyton, April 1999.

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie International 1999-2000, November 1999-March 2000, p. 164.
Artist:John Currin (1962)
Art style:Contemporary art
Auction house category:Paintings
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