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Auction archive: Lot number 125

Laurie Simmons

Estimate
US$40,000 - US$60,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 125

Laurie Simmons

Estimate
US$40,000 - US$60,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Laurie Simmons Follow The Long House (Red Bathroom) 2004 C-print face-mounted to Plexiglas. 48 x 59 3/8 in. (121.9 x 150.8 cm). Signed "Laurie Simmons" on the reverse and again on a label adhered to the reverse of the backing board. This work is from an edition of five.
Provenance Sperone Westwater, New York Exhibited New York, Sperone Westwater, Laurie Simmons The Instant Decorator, February 27 - March 27, 2004 (another example exhibited) Literature Y. Yablonsky, "Better, More Surreal Homes and Collages" The New York Times, February 15, 2004; E. Leffingwell, "Laurie Simmons at Sperone Westwater", Art in America, October 2004, p. 158 Artist Bio Laurie Simmons American • 1949 Follow Laurie Simmons is an American photographer and filmmaker. Known for her curated domestic scenes using dolls and miniature objects, Simmons questions the truth behind photographic realism and the stereotypes of American culture. In her critically acclaimed series Walking Objects, Simmons offers commentary on how women are represented in popular media through a memorably surreal image. The artist emerged in the 1980s as a prominent member of the 'Pictures Generation' alongside Cindy Sherman and Louise Lawler . Today, Simmons' work is found in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others. View More Works

Auction archive: Lot number 125
Auction:
Datum:
14 Nov 2008
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
Beschreibung:

Laurie Simmons Follow The Long House (Red Bathroom) 2004 C-print face-mounted to Plexiglas. 48 x 59 3/8 in. (121.9 x 150.8 cm). Signed "Laurie Simmons" on the reverse and again on a label adhered to the reverse of the backing board. This work is from an edition of five.
Provenance Sperone Westwater, New York Exhibited New York, Sperone Westwater, Laurie Simmons The Instant Decorator, February 27 - March 27, 2004 (another example exhibited) Literature Y. Yablonsky, "Better, More Surreal Homes and Collages" The New York Times, February 15, 2004; E. Leffingwell, "Laurie Simmons at Sperone Westwater", Art in America, October 2004, p. 158 Artist Bio Laurie Simmons American • 1949 Follow Laurie Simmons is an American photographer and filmmaker. Known for her curated domestic scenes using dolls and miniature objects, Simmons questions the truth behind photographic realism and the stereotypes of American culture. In her critically acclaimed series Walking Objects, Simmons offers commentary on how women are represented in popular media through a memorably surreal image. The artist emerged in the 1980s as a prominent member of the 'Pictures Generation' alongside Cindy Sherman and Louise Lawler . Today, Simmons' work is found in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others. View More Works

Auction archive: Lot number 125
Auction:
Datum:
14 Nov 2008
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
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