“At the same time that Rouy’s figures seem to blend into one another, they also refuse that intimate merger. They toe the wavering line between self and other, a line whose crossing could mean connection or obliteration.”
—Sharon Mizota
- Provenance
  Steve Turner, Los Angeles
  Acquired from the above by the present owner
- Exhibited
  Los Angeles, Steve Turner, Smothered Awake, October 27–December 8, 2018
- Literature
  Lara Monro, "The Seductive, Ecstatic Bodies of Artist-to-Watch George Rouy," AnOther Magazine, October 26, 2018, online (illustrated)
  Sharon Mizota, "Review: Impossibly twisted and intertwined bodies fill the paintings of George Rouy," Los Angeles Times, November 9, 2018, online

George Rouy

Gentle Refusal

acrylic on canvas
88 5/8 x 118 1/8 in. (225 x 300 cm)
Painted in 2018.

Estimate
$60,000 - 80,000

Sold for $57,150

Contact Specialist

New York Auction 16 May 2023