Lot Essay
"I like to think about art as being similar to poetry: it can't be proven. It just exists and there's an aura about it that people get or don't get. Beauty has to do a lot with that." - Sterling Ruby
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Property from a Distinguished New York Collection
Sterling Ruby (b. 1972)
SP51
Details
Sterling Ruby (b. 1972)
SP51
signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated ''SP51' S.R. 08' (on the reverse)
acrylic and spray enamel on canvas
100 x 144 in. (254 x 365.7 cm.)
Painted in 2008.
SP51
signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated ''SP51' S.R. 08' (on the reverse)
acrylic and spray enamel on canvas
100 x 144 in. (254 x 365.7 cm.)
Painted in 2008.
Provenance
Sprüth Magers, London
Private collection, United States
Private collection
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 12 May 2014, lot 33
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Private collection, United States
Private collection
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 12 May 2014, lot 33
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
London, Sprüth Magers, Sterling Ruby: Spectrum Ripper, October-November 2008.
Brought to you by
Kathryn Widing