181. John McCracken
1934-2011
Flare incised with the artist’s signature, title and date ‘FLARE 2002 John McCracken’ on the underside polyester resin, fbreglass and plywood 235 x 36.2 x 9.5 cm (92 1/2 x 14 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.) Executed in 2002.
Provenance Lisson Gallery, London Private Collection, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner Exhibited London, Lisson Gallery, John McCracken, 4 July - 24 August 2002
Estimate £150,000-200,000 $195,000-260,000 €176,000-235,000 ‡ ♠ plus Buyers Premium and VAT, ARR applies*
‘I make real, physical forms, but they’re made out of color, which as a quality is at the outset abstract. I try to use color as if it were a material; I make a sculpture out of, say, “red” …So my interest in having a piece look not only conventionally physical, but also in the next moment having it look like it could be something imagines, almost a hallucination, is well served by using colour.’ John McCracken
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