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Cecily Brown (B. 1969)
Lot 237 PROPERTY SOLD TO BENEFIT VALID NUTRITION.

Cecily Brown (B. 1969)

Ring a Ring

Closed26 June 2013

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GBP 361,875

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Cecily Brown (B. 1969)
Ring a Ring
signed and dated 'Cecily Brown 2012' (on the reverse)
oil on linen
67 x 83in. (170.2 x 210.8cm.)
Painted in 2012

Donated directly by the artist, courtesy of Gagosian Gallery.

Specialist note

'I am interested in the unfixed nature of things. I want the work to have a trapped energy so that the paint seems to vibrate in place. I want the viewing of it to approximate the experience of being in the world' (C. Brown, quoted in D.Ashton, Cecily Brown, New York 2008, p.25).