Live Auction 16979Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session
Sterling Ruby (b. 1972)
Lot 937 Property from a Distinguished New York Collection

Sterling Ruby (b. 1972)

SP51

Closed16 May 2019

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USD 399,000

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Sterling Ruby (b. 1972)
SP51
signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated ''SP51' S.R. 08' (on the reverse)
acrylic and spray enamel on canvas
100 x 144 in. (254 x 365.7 cm.)
Painted in 2008.

Sprüth Magers, London
Private collection, United States
Private collection
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 12 May 2014, lot 33
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

"I like to think about art as being similar to poetry: it can't be proven. It just exists and there's an aura about it that people get or don't get. Beauty has to do a lot with that." - Sterling Ruby