May 26, 2022 - Sale 2606

Sale 2606 - Lot 165

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
ALEXIS DUQUE (B. 1971, COLUMBIAN/AMERICAN)
Ravel.

Acrylic on canvas, 2016. 406x305 mm; 16x12 inches. Signed, Duque, dated, October 2016, and inscribed, Ravel, on verso.

Provenance: The artist; Private collection, NY.

Diverging from his more typical urban compositions, this painting holds the all-over technique of Duque's magical environments. Twisting tree limbs and flowering plants are inhabited by diverse animals as well as people pursuant of varied leisure activities.
Alexis Duque has exhibited in many galleries and museums internationally including The Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA; The Drawing Center, NY; El Museo del Barrio, NY; Rudolf Gallery, Amsterdam; and Praxis International Gallery group, NY, Miami, and Buenos Aires.