artnet Auctions: A Stunning Piece by Rising Star Shara Hughes + 4 Other Artworks to Buy This Month
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Black Friday is over, but the big holiday shopping season has only just begun. To help, the team of specialists at artnet Auctions have selected some spectacular paintings, editions, and mixed-media works from our latest online sales this month. This curated selection of artworks by some of the most renowned contemporary artists are all available now through artnet’s online auctions.
Post-War & Contemporary Art: Live now through November 30, 2017
Roy Lichtenstein
Brushstroke VI, 1986
Acrylic on cherry wood
Estimate: $250,000-350,000
Roy Lichtenstein Brushstroke VI (1986). Photo: artnet Auctions.
Building off his famous series of paintings in the mid 1960s, Roy Lichtenstein started to create three dimensional versions of his “Brushstroke” series in the 1980s as his practice evolved from its comic-book origins to include increasingly abstract elements. Created in an edition of 10, this sculpture is the most complex example example from the series, and the present edition comes from the distinguished provenance of Ellen Grinstien, daughter of Gemini G.E.L. co-founder Elyse Grinstein, and is in exceptional condition.
Mark Bradford
Untitled (Polici Auto Auction), 2007
Mixed-media collage
Estimate: $50,000-70,000
Mark Bradford Untitled (Polici Auto Auction) (2007). Photo: artnet Auctions.
Inspired by found posters from low-income neighborhoods of his native Los Angeles, Mark Bradford’s “merchant posters” series offers a critical perspective on the economic and social structures within American urban culture that relate to poverty, racism, gender, politics, drugs, and violence.
Bradford’s unique, process-based approach earned him the privilege of representing the United States at the latest edition of the Venice Biennale. This piece is a fantastic opportunity to buy an example of the multilayered, weathered works that propelled the artist to stardom—and at a very good price.
Shara Hughes
Ramp, 2008
Mixed media on paper
Estimate: $5,000-7,000
Shara Hughes Ramp (2008). Photo: artnet Auctions.
Embodying Shara Hughes’s vibrant and abstracted indoor and outdoor environments, this mixed-media work on paper by the über-hot Brooklyn-based artist really exemplifies her playful and organic style. Here’s the chance to add a work by the 2017 Whitney Biennial participant to your collection at a very affordable price point.
Stephen Shore: Live now through November 29, 2017
Stephen Shore
Greene County Courthouse, Georgia, January 28, 1976, 1976
Chromogenic print (c-print)
Estimate: $2,000-3,000
Stephen Shore Greene County Courthouse, Georgia, January 28, 1976 (1976). Photo: artnet Auctions.
In Stephen Shore’s landmark series “Uncommon Places” the photographer documented the interiors and exteriors of courthouses. This particular image boasts all the hallmarks of Shore’s preoccupation with everyday American landscapes and the built environment, picking up where artists such as Walker Evans and Robert Frank left off.
Sol LeWitt: Geometry Expanded: Live now through December 5, 2017
Sol LeWitt Wavy Brushstrokes Superimposed (1995). Photo: artnet Auctions.
Sol LeWitt
Wavy Brushstrokes Superimposed, 1995
Etching with hand-drawn photo transfer and aquatint on Rives BFK paper
Estimate: $7,000-10,000
As one of the leading figures in the minimal and conceptual art movements, Sol LeWitt revolutionized the history of art through his rigid, geometric compositions and mastery of color and form. In this work, LeWitt uses rule-based abstraction to explore shape, form, and dimensionality as exemplified by his signature use of the line. Published in an edition of 35, this piece shows minimalist master’s acumen as a printer.
