Josh Sperling - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in association with Yongle Hong Kong Tuesday, November 29, 2022 | Phillips
  • "Illusion is very important to me: the underlying structure gives the illusion of something, it is mysterious… When the squiggles are skinnier they have one central layer, in the middle they have two and when they are very large they have three. That is a result of wanting to give the work an organic life-Filike feel, like the rings of a tree that grows with layers."
    —Josh Sperling


    The present work exhibited at Miami, Bill Brady Gallery, Josh Sperling: Man Child,
    18 February - 25 March 2017
    • Provenance

      Bill Brady Gallery, Miami
      Jacob Lewis Gallery, New York
      Acquired from the above by the present owner

    • Exhibited

      Miami, Bill Brady Gallery, Josh Sperling: Man Child, 18 February - 25 March 2017

    • Literature

      Raphaëlle Pinoncély, ed., Josh Sperling – The ABC to XYZ of Josh Sperling (Volume A: 2013-2020), Paris, 2021, no. 123, p. 99 (illustrated)

195

Mannish Boy

signed and dated 'Sperling '16' on the reverse
acrylic on panel and acrylic on canvas over structure
193 x 228.6 cm. (75 7/8 x 90 in.)
Executed in 2016.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
HK$600,000 - 800,000 
€74,700-99,600
$76,900-103,000

Sold for HK$604,800

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20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in association with Yongle

Hong Kong Auction 30 November 2022