ID 1163450
Lot 7 | LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE (B. 1977)
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 700 000
Of All The Seasons
signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated 'LYB 2017 Of All The Seasons' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
43 3⁄8 x 23 7⁄8in. (110.2 x 60.6cm.)
Painted in 2017
Provenance
Corvi-Mora, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2017.
Literature
Z. Smith, ‘Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Imaginary Portraits’, in The New Yorker, 12 June 2017 (illustrated in colour, digital).
J. Parham, ‘Considering Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's Borderless Bodies’, in Fader, 10 May 2017 (illustrated in colour, digital).
P. Kennicott, ‘An artist who summons black faces and bodies at ease in the world’, in The Washington Post, 3 August 2017 (digital).
L. Rawley, ‘This Artist Reclaims Black Lives in Classical Paintings’, in The Cut, 9 May 2017 (illustrated in colour, digital).
Exhibited
New York, New Museum, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Under-song for a Cipher, 2017.
| Artist: | Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (1977) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (1977) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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