Raymond Pettibon - Contemporary Art Evening Sale London Tuesday, October 12, 2010 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private collection, Europe

  • Catalogue Essay

    Raymond Pettibon’s work pulls its subject matter from the post-American Dream subcultures of punk music and surfing of his home in Los Angeles. Pettibon melds these cultures of rebellion and self-expression together with classic Americana imagery and text from many sources, from periodicals to Proust. In doing so, Pettibon’s art creates a narrative of an educated culture and its attempt to be seen and heard by non-conformist means. The outcome is a raw vision American middle-class identity.
     
    In his depiction of surfing and the epic wave, Pettibon creates a passing heroic moment. The surfer is, for as long as the ride lasts, the centre of the universe and the focus of the observers on the shore. This moment in the spotlight is transitory and is replaced by whoever catches the next magnificent wave. The triumph is fleeting, of course, and will soon be replaced by a yearning for another victory.

48

Untitled (Going with the flow)

2000
Ink, acrylic, and watercolour on paper.
59.7 x 45.7 cm (23 1/4 x 18 in).

Signed and dated 'Raymond Pettibon '00' on the reverse.

Estimate
£40,000 - 60,000 

Sold for £49,250

Contemporary Art Evening Sale

13 October 2010
London