May 12, 2022 - Sale 2604

Sale 2604 - Lot 428

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
BJARNE MELGAARD
Untitled.

Watercolor and ink on Arches Aquarelle paper. 762x565mm; 30x22 1/4 inches. Signed in pencil, lower right recto.

Provenance: Private collection, New York.

Norwegian artist Melgaard (born 1967) lives and works in Oslo but had spent several years in New York. His work, eschewing political correctness and societal norms, is often sexually explicit. Melgaard's works are regularly exhibited internationally, including at several global biennals, garnering fame for his bustling expressionistic works and constructed environments incorporating a variety of media. Among the irresistable chaos of his ouevre lies a common thread of fantasy, personal iconography and male bravado masking vulnerability.