Live Auction 17651Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session
Eric Fischl (b. 1948)
Lot 931

Eric Fischl (b. 1948)

Far Rockaway

Closed14 November 2019

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USD 459,000

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Eric Fischl (b. 1948)
Far Rockaway
signed, titled and dated 'Eric Fischl 1986 'FAR ROCKAWAY'' (on the reverse of each element)
oil on canvas, in two parts
overall: 110 x 145 in. (279.4 x 368.3 cm.)
Painted in 1986.

Mary Boone Gallery, New York
Adrian and Robert Mnuchin, New York
Private collection, London
Fredrik Roos, Malmö
His sale; Christie's, New York, 3 May 1994, lot 67
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

I think of art as a glue, a cultural and social glue. It's one of the means that has served to show us the things we believe in and the things we celebrate; it has served to reinforce our relationship to each other.
-Eric Fischl