George Rouy - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session New York Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | Phillips
  • “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

388

Gentle Refusal

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

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
$60,000 - 80,000 

Sold for $57,150

Contact Specialist

Patrizia Koenig
Specialist, Head of Sale, Afternoon Session
+1 212 940 1279
pkoenig@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 16 May 2023