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Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
WHITFIELD LOVELL (1959 - ) Hand XIV.
Charcoal and oil stick on heavy wove paper, 1995. 1270x1029 mm; 50x40 1/2 inches. Signed and titled on the verso.
Provenance: DC Moore Gallery, New York, with the label on the frame back; private collection, New York.
Exhibited: DC Moore Gallery, New York, 1997; 1997 Collector's Show and Sale, The Arkansas Arts Center, November 21, 1997 - January 4, 1998, with the labels on the frame back.
This large-scale drawing is an excellent, early example of Whitfield Lovell's combining of iconic imagery and portraiture. The artist first created large-scale drawings in charcoal and oil stick during his Skowhegan residency in 1985. With this 1994-1996 series, he received a prestigious grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation in 1996, and went on to have his first solo exhibiton at DC Moore Gallery in 1997.
