Samantha Joy Groff - New Now New York Wednesday, September 27, 2023 | Phillips
  • Collector’s Digest

     

    • Raised in a small Pennsylvania Dutch community in the Mennonite faith, Samantha Joy Groff brings a bright sensuality to the stoic tradition of rural painting. Her depictions of women and farm animals conjure an uneasy atmosphere of repression and desire, connection and isolation, and call into question American preconceptions of the countryside.

    • A graduate of Parsons School of Design, Groff received her MFA in Painting from Yale University in 2022. Recent solo shows include Town GossipMartha’s Contemporary, Austin, Jan.-Feb. 2022, True Riches, Nicodim Upstairs, Los Angeles, Dec. 2022-Feb. 2023, and Dark PasturesHalf Gallery, Los Angeles, Mar.-Apr. 2023, which reportedly sold out.

    • Horse Play marks Groff's auction debut.

    • Provenance

      adhesivo contemporary, Mexico City
      Acquired from the above by the present owner

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Horse Play

signed "SAMANTHA JOY GROFF" on the reverse
oil and acrylic on canvas
35 1/4 x 23 1/2 in. (89.5 x 59.7 cm)
Painted in 2022.

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Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for $19,050

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New York Auction 27 September 2023