Live Auction 18549Post-War to Present
Eddie Martinez (b. 1977)
Lot 223

Eddie Martinez (b. 1977)

It's Up To You And Me, Brother #2

Closed5 March 2020

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USD 275,000

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Eddie Martinez (b. 1977)
It's Up To You And Me, Brother #2
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'EM. 08' (lower right); signed again twice, titled and dated again 'EDDIE Martinez EDDIE Martinez 2008 ITS UP TO U N me Bro.' (on the reverse)
oil and spray paint on canvas
48 1/8 x 60 1/8 in. (122.2 x 157.7 cm.)
Painted in 2008.

ZieherSmith, New York
Private collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note


"People look at the eyes in my paintings and wonder why they’re that big. People ask if they’re on mushrooms or if they’re scared or if they’re my eyes. They aren’t any of those things. I don’t have to make specific choices or explain things. I don’t have to make things clear; it’s just what I want it to be. That’s a luxury I don’t want to give up."
Eddie Martinez