Live Auction 15348Post-War and Contemporary Art
David Salle (b. 1952)
Lot 52

David Salle (b. 1952)

The Flagrant Eyeball

Closed1 March 2018

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USD 225,000

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David Salle (b. 1952)
The Flagrant Eyeball
diptych—acrylic, charcoal and oil on canvas in artist's wax and wood frame
overall: 60 1/8 x 113 7/8 in. (152.7 x 289.2 cm.)
Executed in 1987.

Mary Boone Gallery, New York
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Marisa del Re Gallery, New York
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Marianne and Pierre Nahon, Vence
Their sale; Sotheby's, Paris, 18 July 2004, lot 229
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

“Paintings exist in the present tense, yet somehow, because of how it’s structured, it can move backwards through time as well.”
-David Salle