Live Auction 20983Post-War to Present
GLENN LIGON (B. 1960)
Lot 360

GLENN LIGON (B. 1960)

Figure #28a

Closed29 September 2022

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USD 352,800

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GLENN LIGON (B. 1960)
Figure #28a
signed twice, titled and dated twice 'Figure #28A 2009 Glenn Ligon Glenn Ligon 2010'; signed again twice, titled again and dated again 'Glenn Ligon Figure #28A 2009 Glenn Ligon' (on the reverse)
acrylic, silkscreen and coal dust on canvas
60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 121.9 cm.)
Executed in 2009-2010.

Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

I wanted the material that I was using for the paintings to have the same kind of gravitas as the text. I was also looking at Warhol’s diamond dust paintings and became intrigued by the idea of the addition: material that is laid on top of the paint and changes it […] Coal dust obscures the text while making it more present and sculptural. There is always that push/pull in the work, of the desire for legibility and disappearance of the text.
‌– Glenn Ligon