Live Auction 16979Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session
Jack Whitten (1939-2018)
Lot 845

Jack Whitten (1939-2018)

Virgin Space Loop #19

Closed16 May 2019

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USD 87,500

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Jack Whitten (1939-2018)
Virgin Space Loop #19
signed, titled and dated 'VIRGIN SPACE LOOP #19 2012 Jack Whitten' (on the reverse)
acrylic and black CAT on canvas
12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 2012.

Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

"I’m dealing now with paint as a collage, paint as sculpture. I have changed the verb “to paint”: I don’t paint a painting, I make a painting. So the verb has changed. And in doing that, I’ve broken through a lot of illusionistic qualities." -- Jack Whitten