Escalator

Details

Amy Sillman (B. 1955)
Escalator
signed twice, titled and dated 'Amy Sillman Escalator 1997' (on the overlap)
oil on canvas
72 x 60in. (183 x 152.5cm.)
Painted in 1997

Provenance

Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.

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Lot Essay

Amy Sillman’s Escalator is a blend of abstraction and figuration, by which the composition at first appears fully abstract—built up out of looping lines and floating circles—only revealing its content upon close inspection.

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