Live Auction 14997Post-War & Contemporary Art Afternoon Session
Glenn Ligon (b. 1960)
Lot 804

Glenn Ligon (b. 1960)

Untitled (I remember the very day...)

Closed16 November 2017

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USD 137,500

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Glenn Ligon (b. 1960)
Untitled (I remember the very day...)
signed twice and dated 'G. LIGON 92' (on the reverse)
oilstick on paper
22 ¾ x 15 in. (57.8 x 38.1 cm.)
Executed in 1992.

Max Protetch, New York
Private collection, New York, 1992
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 12 May 2015, lot 165
Amy L. Gold Fine Arts, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

“In writing something is always left out; it can't be articulated in the space of an essay. Using letters that bleed and disappear is about getting to that difficulty.” (G. Ligon in H. Drohojowska-Philp, “Glenn Ligon Gets Obama’s Vote,” in LA Times, 11 December 2009).