Luc Tuymans (b. 1958)
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Luc Tuymans (b. 1958)

Bijoux

Details
Luc Tuymans (b. 1958)
Bijoux
signed and dated 'L Tuymans 015' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
21 x 45 ¾in. (53.4 x 116.2cm.)
Painted in 2015
Provenance
Donated by the Artist, Courtesy of Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp and David Zwirner Gallery, New York / London.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

'[I] make visuals that are muted: they don't speak. Or, let's say they don't speak back. I think the fear of this dehumanized positioning of the image, which is immobilized and in that way virtually stunned, elicits an interest in what the signifier would be'
(L. Tuymans, "Transcript of the John Tusa Interview," BBC, https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3).

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