ID 950146
Lot 12 | LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE (B. 1977)
Estimate value
$ 700 000 – 1 000 000
Highriser
signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated ‘Highriser LYB 2009’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
98 5/8 x 59 in. (250.5 x 150 cm.)
Painted in 2009.
Provenance
Faye Fleming & Partner, Geneva
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2010
Literature
K. Rosenberg, ‘Portraits of Phantoms, Struggling to Stand Out,’ New York Times, 16 December 2010, section C, p. 38.
C. Grant, "Art just out of this world," The Times Literary Supplement, no. 6146, 15 January 2021, n.p.
Exhibited
Geneva, Faye Fleming & Partner, Manifesto, October-November 2009.
New York, Studio Museum in Harlem, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Any Number of Preoccupations, November 2010-March 2011, pp. 58 and 71 (illustrated).
London, Serpentine Gallery, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Verses After Dusk, June-September 2015, pp. 114 and 125 (illustrated).
London, Tate Britain, Stockholm, Moderna Museet; Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen; Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean and London, Tate Britain, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Fly In League with The Night, November 2020-February 2023, pp. 32 and 178 (illustrated).
| Artist: | Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (1977) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (1977) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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