Sport in Art
See also : 18th century painting US painting before 1940 Rockwell Koons UK II George I to III Paris Horse
Chronology : 18th Century 1760-1769 1870-1879 1949 1957 1981 2000
Chronology : 18th Century 1760-1769 1870-1879 1949 1957 1981 2000
1765 Portrait of a Champion by Stubbs
2011 SOLD 22.4 M£ including premium
Serving wealthy English aristocrats, George Stubbs specialized in the topic of race horses. On December 8, 2010, Sotheby's sold £ 10.1 million including premium a very elegant study of mares and foals in a meadow, painted in 1767.
Made around 1765, the oil on canvas for sale by Christie's in London on July 5 is certainly more outstanding. It is estimated £ 20M. This is the portrait of a horse named Gimcrack, who was winning most of the races where he was engaged.
This broad composition, 102 x 196 cm, simple and effective, is divided into two parts, as seen on the audio shared by Christie's. On the left, Gimcrack shows his beautiful profile, surrounded by a coach, a stable boy and a jockey.
A race is held on the horizon, on the right. A horse is far ahead of his three followers. He is also Gimcrack, of course. He is therefore shown twice on that image that had everything to flatter the sponsor of the work, Lord Bolingbroke, owner of the champion.
Stubbs is very accurate in anatomical detail, but still shows horses galloping with their four legs flying above the ground. This feature, which can be excused one century before the studies of Muybridge, applies here only in the background and provides this work with an undeniable poetic dimension.
POST SALE COMMENT
Sold £ 22.4 million including premium, Gimcrack has once again won his race.
Made around 1765, the oil on canvas for sale by Christie's in London on July 5 is certainly more outstanding. It is estimated £ 20M. This is the portrait of a horse named Gimcrack, who was winning most of the races where he was engaged.
This broad composition, 102 x 196 cm, simple and effective, is divided into two parts, as seen on the audio shared by Christie's. On the left, Gimcrack shows his beautiful profile, surrounded by a coach, a stable boy and a jockey.
A race is held on the horizon, on the right. A horse is far ahead of his three followers. He is also Gimcrack, of course. He is therefore shown twice on that image that had everything to flatter the sponsor of the work, Lord Bolingbroke, owner of the champion.
Stubbs is very accurate in anatomical detail, but still shows horses galloping with their four legs flying above the ground. This feature, which can be excused one century before the studies of Muybridge, applies here only in the background and provides this work with an undeniable poetic dimension.
POST SALE COMMENT
Sold £ 22.4 million including premium, Gimcrack has once again won his race.
#GeorgeStubbs was born #OTD in 1724. We sold Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath in 2011 for £22,441,250 #WorldAuctionRecord #artistbirthday pic.twitter.com/B7fCB2eivD
— Christie's (@ChristiesInc) August 25, 2017
1872 Les Courses au Bois de Boulogne by Manet
2004 SOLD 26.3 M$ including premium by Sotheby's
"Edouard Manet 052" by Édouard Manet - The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
1910 Polo Crowd by George Bellows
1999 SOLD 27.5 M$ including premium by Sotheby's
1920 George Bellows in the Crowd
2012 SOLD 7 M$ including premium
George "Geo" Bellows is passionate about his country, America. The favorite theme of his art is the crowd, of which he captures the movement. Being himself an athlete, he is interested in sports, and of course in the crowds of the spectators.
On December 1, 1999, Sotheby's sold Polo Crowd, oil on canvas 115 x 161 cm, painted in 1910. Sold $ 27.5 million including premium, this lot then got the record for an American painting at auction. The buyer, Bill Gates, was identified after the sale.
On May 17 in New York, Sotheby's sells a tennis scene painted in 1920. This oil on canvas, 109 x 135 cm, is estimated $ 5M.
On vacation the previous year in Newport RI, the artist had attended a tournament won by Bill Tilden of which he wanted to recreate the atmosphere. The game of tennis is underway, and the crowd is dense around the players. The style is typical of this artist: almost impressionistic in the clothing of the crowd, realistic up to the border of naivety in the anecdotal part of the scene.
This dynamic and colorful work is a very interesting account of the atmosphere of the early Roaring Twenties.
POST SALE COMMENT
Deserved result for this interesting painting by George Bellows: $ 7M including premium.
In the same sale of American art, an unusual painting made by Edward Hopper in 1939, certainly influenced by surrealism, was sold $ 10.4 million including premium.
The image is shared on Wikiart.
On December 1, 1999, Sotheby's sold Polo Crowd, oil on canvas 115 x 161 cm, painted in 1910. Sold $ 27.5 million including premium, this lot then got the record for an American painting at auction. The buyer, Bill Gates, was identified after the sale.
On May 17 in New York, Sotheby's sells a tennis scene painted in 1920. This oil on canvas, 109 x 135 cm, is estimated $ 5M.
On vacation the previous year in Newport RI, the artist had attended a tournament won by Bill Tilden of which he wanted to recreate the atmosphere. The game of tennis is underway, and the crowd is dense around the players. The style is typical of this artist: almost impressionistic in the clothing of the crowd, realistic up to the border of naivety in the anecdotal part of the scene.
This dynamic and colorful work is a very interesting account of the atmosphere of the early Roaring Twenties.
POST SALE COMMENT
Deserved result for this interesting painting by George Bellows: $ 7M including premium.
In the same sale of American art, an unusual painting made by Edward Hopper in 1939, certainly influenced by surrealism, was sold $ 10.4 million including premium.
The image is shared on Wikiart.
1949 The Social Dimension of Football
2011 SOLD 5.6 M£ including premium
On a large island off the Europe, English people are living. When one of them managed to cultivate in his everyday life a trend for originality, it can become high art.
LS Lowry worked until his retirement as a cashier in a real estate company in an industrial district of northern England. Escaping the monotony of his professional work, he began to draw and paint. He became famous and refused the honors.
He enjoyed confusing. For example, Wikipedia can not find a convincing explanation for his practice of settling each of the clocks in his living room at a different time.
As many employees, he loved football and was a supporter of the Manchester team. Christie's sells on May 26 in London a painting on this theme, estimated £ 3.5 million, illustrated on the article shared by Metro. Executed in 1949, it is quite large for this artist: 70 x 90 cm.
The stadium is adjacent to a park in the middle of old factories with smoky chimneys. The match is in progress. The players are scattered on the lawn surrounded by a crowd of spectators. This is the event of that day, mobilizing the people and emptying the streets in the neighborhood.
With its typical industrial cityscape, its hundreds of characters hardly differentiated, its stadium looking like the frame of an almost empty painting, this is a masterpiece of one of the strangest British artists. It is very close to the best surrealism by a snow effect that affects the stadium, the park and the streets but not the factory roofs.
POST SALE COMMENT
This painting really deserved to be considered as a masterpiece of the artist. It was sold £ 5.6 million including premium.
LS Lowry worked until his retirement as a cashier in a real estate company in an industrial district of northern England. Escaping the monotony of his professional work, he began to draw and paint. He became famous and refused the honors.
He enjoyed confusing. For example, Wikipedia can not find a convincing explanation for his practice of settling each of the clocks in his living room at a different time.
As many employees, he loved football and was a supporter of the Manchester team. Christie's sells on May 26 in London a painting on this theme, estimated £ 3.5 million, illustrated on the article shared by Metro. Executed in 1949, it is quite large for this artist: 70 x 90 cm.
The stadium is adjacent to a park in the middle of old factories with smoky chimneys. The match is in progress. The players are scattered on the lawn surrounded by a crowd of spectators. This is the event of that day, mobilizing the people and emptying the streets in the neighborhood.
With its typical industrial cityscape, its hundreds of characters hardly differentiated, its stadium looking like the frame of an almost empty painting, this is a masterpiece of one of the strangest British artists. It is very close to the best surrealism by a snow effect that affects the stadium, the park and the streets but not the factory roofs.
POST SALE COMMENT
This painting really deserved to be considered as a masterpiece of the artist. It was sold £ 5.6 million including premium.
1957 The Pastimes of the American Teenagers
2014 SOLD 22.6 M$ including premium
In 1957, Norman Rockwell completely controls his art which is similar to no other. His compositions are increasingly complex. He captures a theme that greatly appeals to the readers of the Saturday Evening Post: the occupations of young people. Rockwell's nice irony moves the parents.
Each composition is a long development that lasts several months, forcing the artist to work in parallel on all projects still to be published. He assembles a large number of black and white photos made or collected by himself, up to 100 for a scene with many characters. The final art in color supplied to the editor is an oil on canvas.
The cover page of 2 March 1957 is entitled The Rookie (Red Sox locker room). Amidst the star players of the baseball team, a tall 17 year old boy prepares for his first game.
The original painting 104 x 99 cm is estimated $ 20M for sale by Christie's in New York on May 22.
The cover page of 25 May 1957 is entitled After the Prom. Two teenagers, boy and girl, relax sitting on bar stools after the ball of the students.
The original painting 79 x 74 cm is estimated $ 8M for sale by Sotheby's in New York on May 21. I invite you to play the video shared by Sotheby's.
POST SALE COMMENTS
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After the Prom was sold for $ 9.1M including premium by Sotheby's.
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Baseball is more than ever a popular theme and the interest in the art of Rockwell is growing. Very good result at Christie's for the Rookie, $ 22.6 million including premium, in line with an estimate that was ambitious.
Each composition is a long development that lasts several months, forcing the artist to work in parallel on all projects still to be published. He assembles a large number of black and white photos made or collected by himself, up to 100 for a scene with many characters. The final art in color supplied to the editor is an oil on canvas.
The cover page of 2 March 1957 is entitled The Rookie (Red Sox locker room). Amidst the star players of the baseball team, a tall 17 year old boy prepares for his first game.
The original painting 104 x 99 cm is estimated $ 20M for sale by Christie's in New York on May 22.
The cover page of 25 May 1957 is entitled After the Prom. Two teenagers, boy and girl, relax sitting on bar stools after the ball of the students.
The original painting 79 x 74 cm is estimated $ 8M for sale by Sotheby's in New York on May 21. I invite you to play the video shared by Sotheby's.
POST SALE COMMENTS
1
After the Prom was sold for $ 9.1M including premium by Sotheby's.
2
Baseball is more than ever a popular theme and the interest in the art of Rockwell is growing. Very good result at Christie's for the Rookie, $ 22.6 million including premium, in line with an estimate that was ambitious.
1981 Birth of the Black American Social Art
2012 SOLD 12.9 M£ including premium
Christie's has coined the right sentence to position Jean-Michel Basquiat in the history of art: he is the first black American modernist to transcend the white establishment.
The date, 1981, is favorable, thirteen years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Society is changing. The Street art, derived from the punk movement, challenges the conventions.
Basquiat had a very good knowledge of contemporary art with its shocks of strident colors. In the street, he painted on any medium. His creativity explodes when the Annina Nosei gallery provides him the opportunity to work in studio, on large canvases.
The painting for sale in London on June 27, 200 x 183 cm, has been acknowledged as a masterpiece of Basquiat when it was sold $ 14.6 million including premium at Sotheby's on May 15, 2007.
Made shortly before New York City discovered the art of Basquiat, it shows a hybrid character, lifesize, the mixture of a mystic deity with a crown of thorns and of the powerful Black boxing champion in the attitude of triumph. The heavyweight boxing was the first sport, and even the first social field, where blacks dominated whites beyond doubt.
The estimate is not advertised in the catalog but, as they often do for the most outstanding lots, Christie's let their expectations leaking: around $ 20M. Here is the link to the catalog.
POST SALE COMMENT
Success seemed assured for this exceptional artwork, clearly one of the masterpieces of Basquiat. It is achieved: £ 12.9 million including premium.
The date, 1981, is favorable, thirteen years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Society is changing. The Street art, derived from the punk movement, challenges the conventions.
Basquiat had a very good knowledge of contemporary art with its shocks of strident colors. In the street, he painted on any medium. His creativity explodes when the Annina Nosei gallery provides him the opportunity to work in studio, on large canvases.
The painting for sale in London on June 27, 200 x 183 cm, has been acknowledged as a masterpiece of Basquiat when it was sold $ 14.6 million including premium at Sotheby's on May 15, 2007.
Made shortly before New York City discovered the art of Basquiat, it shows a hybrid character, lifesize, the mixture of a mystic deity with a crown of thorns and of the powerful Black boxing champion in the attitude of triumph. The heavyweight boxing was the first sport, and even the first social field, where blacks dominated whites beyond doubt.
The estimate is not advertised in the catalog but, as they often do for the most outstanding lots, Christie's let their expectations leaking: around $ 20M. Here is the link to the catalog.
POST SALE COMMENT
Success seemed assured for this exceptional artwork, clearly one of the masterpieces of Basquiat. It is achieved: £ 12.9 million including premium.
1981 Equality through Sport
2015 SOLD for $ 11.5M including premium
When he became a major artist in 1981 through a continuous access to large formats that enable him to fully exploit his control of techniques and colors, Jean-Michel Basquiat, 21 years old, did not neglect his social struggle.
Top-level sport offers to the Black champions their revenge against racial inequality. By showing the triumph, Jean-Michel deliberately confuses the athlete and the warrior. An untitled painting where the award to the black champion is the mystical crown of thorns was sold for £ 12.9M including premium by Christie's on June 27, 2012.
Painted during the same glorious year, World crown, 122 x 142 cm, is a pearl in the art of Jean-Michel, for two reasons.
This is a very rare example where two boxers are in full action. The stylized figures do not prevent the expression of strength and aggressiveness, quite the contrary. These fighting guys form the single theme of this image.
Above all, the battle is run between a white and a black. The title of world champion is at stake. A crown with three points will be attributed to each of the competitors and none is taking advantage in this remarkable symbol of racial equality through sport.
World crown is estimated $ 7M for sale by Sotheby's in New York on May 12, lot 27.
On the following year, Jean-Michel returns to an exclusive glorification of a black athlete. The crown with three points is now firmly on the head of a baseball player who is certainly Hank Aaron. This artwork titled Orange sports figure was sold for £ 4.1 million including premium by Sotheby's on February 15, 2012.
Top-level sport offers to the Black champions their revenge against racial inequality. By showing the triumph, Jean-Michel deliberately confuses the athlete and the warrior. An untitled painting where the award to the black champion is the mystical crown of thorns was sold for £ 12.9M including premium by Christie's on June 27, 2012.
Painted during the same glorious year, World crown, 122 x 142 cm, is a pearl in the art of Jean-Michel, for two reasons.
This is a very rare example where two boxers are in full action. The stylized figures do not prevent the expression of strength and aggressiveness, quite the contrary. These fighting guys form the single theme of this image.
Above all, the battle is run between a white and a black. The title of world champion is at stake. A crown with three points will be attributed to each of the competitors and none is taking advantage in this remarkable symbol of racial equality through sport.
World crown is estimated $ 7M for sale by Sotheby's in New York on May 12, lot 27.
On the following year, Jean-Michel returns to an exclusive glorification of a black athlete. The crown with three points is now firmly on the head of a baseball player who is certainly Hank Aaron. This artwork titled Orange sports figure was sold for £ 4.1 million including premium by Sotheby's on February 15, 2012.
1982 Orange Tribute for a Black Champion
2015 SOLD for £ 5.6M including premium
On February 15, 2012 in London, Sotheby's sold for £ 4.1M including premium Orange Sports Figure, a canvas 152 x 122 cm painted in acrylic, oilstick and spray by Basquiat. It is listed again in the same auction room on July 1, lot 4 estimated £ 5M.
I copy below my 2012 story :
The sports have been designed by white people. Throughout the twentieth century, black champions were able to brave the hostility of the public and contribute to achieve the racial equality. They include Jack Johnson, Jesse Owens, Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson.
The art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, who started as a street painter, is deeply claiming and social. In 1982, the raised fist of the Black Panthers in the 1968 Olympics is still fresh in the memories. Race relations in sports are a natural theme for the young artist.
Everything is violent in his Orange Sports Figure, a colorful work dominated by the strident orange jersey of a baseball player with broad shoulders. In the usual style of Basquiat, the head with bulging eyes and teeth like prison bars is topped by a crown with three tips.
A few letters scattered within the composition identify this king of baseball to which Basquiat wants to make such a vibrant tribute. He is Hank Aaron, the black athlete who exceeded in 1974 the prestigious record of most home runs held for four decades by Babe Ruth.
I copy below my 2012 story :
The sports have been designed by white people. Throughout the twentieth century, black champions were able to brave the hostility of the public and contribute to achieve the racial equality. They include Jack Johnson, Jesse Owens, Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson.
The art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, who started as a street painter, is deeply claiming and social. In 1982, the raised fist of the Black Panthers in the 1968 Olympics is still fresh in the memories. Race relations in sports are a natural theme for the young artist.
Everything is violent in his Orange Sports Figure, a colorful work dominated by the strident orange jersey of a baseball player with broad shoulders. In the usual style of Basquiat, the head with bulging eyes and teeth like prison bars is topped by a crown with three tips.
A few letters scattered within the composition identify this king of baseball to which Basquiat wants to make such a vibrant tribute. He is Hank Aaron, the black athlete who exceeded in 1974 the prestigious record of most home runs held for four decades by Babe Ruth.
1985 The Ready Made within the Impossible
2016 SOLD for $ 15.3M including premium
Jeff Koons is the star of current art since he creates what the audience wishes to see. He talks too much for the purpose that people will believe in the universality of his artistic message. With his perpetual smile, he acts as a rare example of an optimistic creator.
In 1977, aged 22, he begins by making kitsch scenes with toys and objects. On the following year he imagines inflatable flowers and rabbits and builds them in painted vinyl. In 1980 his first exhibition entitled The New is an application of the ready made conception in a simulated trade show of household electrical equipment.
He must now find an artifact and a theme that would appeal to visitors from all social classes. Basketball, this sport from yard to competition, meets this requirement by its ability to generate champions while using some very simple equipment.
He acquires balls of Spalding brand but it is not foregone to amaze the public with such everyday pieces. He decides to display them frozen in flight with no visible structure like in a sports photograph. Or like a cosmic planet.
This is of course not possible. Yet it happens. Dr. Feynman who was one of the most brilliant physicists of his time indicates him a chance. In 1985 after two years of trials, Koons puts his balls in aquariums filled successively with saturated salt water and pure water. The two densities do not mingle and the ball stands still at mid height of its showcase. After several weeks some maintenance will be required.
The Equilibrium exhibition is the first success for Jeff Koons. Its central work is a minimalist tank with a single ball. The technique is demythified by so called "50/50" tanks in which the ball floats at the same height on a visible surface of water. Bronzes and posters on the theme of basketball complete the appeal.
On May 8 in New York, Christie's sells as lot 21 A One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Spalding Dr. J Silver Series). On 12 May 2014 the same auction house had sold for $ 6.9 million including premium a similar artwork with two balls of the same type.
The Equilibrium Tanks mark the first encounter between Jeff Koons and advanced techniques, anticipating the development of the reflective layers of his Celebrations.
I invite you to play the video shared by Christie's.
In 1977, aged 22, he begins by making kitsch scenes with toys and objects. On the following year he imagines inflatable flowers and rabbits and builds them in painted vinyl. In 1980 his first exhibition entitled The New is an application of the ready made conception in a simulated trade show of household electrical equipment.
He must now find an artifact and a theme that would appeal to visitors from all social classes. Basketball, this sport from yard to competition, meets this requirement by its ability to generate champions while using some very simple equipment.
He acquires balls of Spalding brand but it is not foregone to amaze the public with such everyday pieces. He decides to display them frozen in flight with no visible structure like in a sports photograph. Or like a cosmic planet.
This is of course not possible. Yet it happens. Dr. Feynman who was one of the most brilliant physicists of his time indicates him a chance. In 1985 after two years of trials, Koons puts his balls in aquariums filled successively with saturated salt water and pure water. The two densities do not mingle and the ball stands still at mid height of its showcase. After several weeks some maintenance will be required.
The Equilibrium exhibition is the first success for Jeff Koons. Its central work is a minimalist tank with a single ball. The technique is demythified by so called "50/50" tanks in which the ball floats at the same height on a visible surface of water. Bronzes and posters on the theme of basketball complete the appeal.
On May 8 in New York, Christie's sells as lot 21 A One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Spalding Dr. J Silver Series). On 12 May 2014 the same auction house had sold for $ 6.9 million including premium a similar artwork with two balls of the same type.
The Equilibrium Tanks mark the first encounter between Jeff Koons and advanced techniques, anticipating the development of the reflective layers of his Celebrations.
I invite you to play the video shared by Christie's.
1999 The Geometry of the Basketball Court
2014 SOLD for £ 4.6M including premium
Peter Doig is, after Diebenkorn, one of the artists who took advantage of abstract expressionism for a return to figurative. His impeccable control in mixing liquid colors made him the best landscape painter of our time.
Despite this success, the themes of landscape and architecture do not adequately express modern life. In the late 1990s, Doig discovers how the geometry is an inevitable component in the vision of the contemporary world.
His series of Country rocks, around 1999, is the expression of new contrasts : between the linear structure of the highway and the amorphous look of the suburbs ; between the greyness of the surroundings and the rainbow of the memorial tunnel. An oil on canvas 195 x 270 cm was sold for £ 8.5 million including premium by Sotheby's on June 30, 2014.
On October 16 in London, Christie's sells The Heart of Old San Juan, oil on canvas 250 x 195 cm painted in 1999, lot 58estimated £ 4M.
The inspiration for this painting may be compared with the Country rocks. Localized this time in Puerto Rico, its main element is a basketball court which offers its abstract geometry of lines, circles and panels in a rigorous bird-view perspective. The setting sun is an excuse for bringing a shimmering dimension to the green shades of the field.
Man is absent but his industry globally changed the scenery everywhere, including in the tropics. The refusal of the anecdotes does not prevent the immersion of the artist in this world where aesthetic shapes have been cleared by utilitarianism.
I invite you to play the video shared by Christie's.
Despite this success, the themes of landscape and architecture do not adequately express modern life. In the late 1990s, Doig discovers how the geometry is an inevitable component in the vision of the contemporary world.
His series of Country rocks, around 1999, is the expression of new contrasts : between the linear structure of the highway and the amorphous look of the suburbs ; between the greyness of the surroundings and the rainbow of the memorial tunnel. An oil on canvas 195 x 270 cm was sold for £ 8.5 million including premium by Sotheby's on June 30, 2014.
On October 16 in London, Christie's sells The Heart of Old San Juan, oil on canvas 250 x 195 cm painted in 1999, lot 58estimated £ 4M.
The inspiration for this painting may be compared with the Country rocks. Localized this time in Puerto Rico, its main element is a basketball court which offers its abstract geometry of lines, circles and panels in a rigorous bird-view perspective. The setting sun is an excuse for bringing a shimmering dimension to the green shades of the field.
Man is absent but his industry globally changed the scenery everywhere, including in the tropics. The refusal of the anecdotes does not prevent the immersion of the artist in this world where aesthetic shapes have been cleared by utilitarianism.
I invite you to play the video shared by Christie's.
2000 The African American Dream
2013 SOLD 8 M$ including premium
David Hammons was a student at the time of the struggles that culminated in 1968 with the prohibition of racial discrimination in the United States. He will forever be a social activist.
He provides his artistic message by assembling various objects ranging from foil to trash. He does not accept the established bourgeois system of art galleries, preferring the street and not hesitating to provoke happenings.
Basketball is one of his recurring themes. He hates basketball because it seems to offer to the teenagers an outlet to fame and wealth that, for almost all of them, is only an illusion.
In 2000, Hammons executed three assemblies where the basketball panel is reused as a support for a suite of chandeliers, a luxury furnishing out of our time and socially incongruous.
One of these assemblies of fake luxury, 196 x 221 x 64 cm, illuminated by light bulbs within the chandeliers, is estimated $ 5M, for sale by Phillips in New York on November 11.
I invite you to play the video shared by the auction house on Vimeo.
POST SALE COMMENT
Very good price, $ 8M including premium, in the region of the higher estimate. I had not seen a similar artwork in auction databases and the result was not a foregone conclusion, especially for an artist out of the system.
He provides his artistic message by assembling various objects ranging from foil to trash. He does not accept the established bourgeois system of art galleries, preferring the street and not hesitating to provoke happenings.
Basketball is one of his recurring themes. He hates basketball because it seems to offer to the teenagers an outlet to fame and wealth that, for almost all of them, is only an illusion.
In 2000, Hammons executed three assemblies where the basketball panel is reused as a support for a suite of chandeliers, a luxury furnishing out of our time and socially incongruous.
One of these assemblies of fake luxury, 196 x 221 x 64 cm, illuminated by light bulbs within the chandeliers, is estimated $ 5M, for sale by Phillips in New York on November 11.
I invite you to play the video shared by the auction house on Vimeo.
POST SALE COMMENT
Very good price, $ 8M including premium, in the region of the higher estimate. I had not seen a similar artwork in auction databases and the result was not a foregone conclusion, especially for an artist out of the system.
