Live Auction 14443Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
Jim Hodges (B. 1957)
Lot 330

Jim Hodges (B. 1957)

From Nearing Blue

Closed7 October 2017

Estimate

GBP 150,000–200,000

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Jim Hodges (B. 1957)
From Nearing Blue
signed, titled and dated 'JIM HODGES FROM NEARING THE BLUE 1998' (lower right of plastic sheet); signed, titled and dated 'Jim Hodges From Nearing Blue 1998' (on the packing mount)
silk, plastic wire and pins, in 171 parts
installation dimensions: 38 x 60in. (96.5 x 152.4cm.)
Executed in 1998

CRG Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

'I had this idea of returning the flowers back to fabric. I was interested in the history of each petal. How the material had been transformed; cut, painted, sculpted, and given a flower identity. I wanted to re-establish the material’s fabric nature.' JIM HODGES