Fug (Mirror Painting)

Details

Josh Smith (B. 1976)
Fug (Mirror Painting)
signed and dated twice 'Josh Smith 2005' (on the stretcher and on the overlap)
oil on canvas
60 x 48in. (152.5 x 122cm.)
Painted in 2005

Provenance

Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2006.

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Lot Essay

Fug (Mirror Painting) by Josh Smith is a seminal example of the artist’s practice of working in an expressive format that changes with each new series. Fug is one of the artist’s iconic mirror paintings, so called because of the framing device that anchors the composition, in this instance an amalgamation of dark gray expressionist brushstrokes.

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