Figure #31

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GLENN LIGON (B. 1960)
Figure #31
signed, titled and dated 'Glenn Ligon Figure #31 2009' (on the reverse); signed thrice, titled again, and dated again 'Glenn Ligon Figure #31 2009 G. Ligon' (on the overlap)
acrylic, silkscreen and coal dust on canvas
60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 121.9 cm.)
Executed in 2009.

Provenance

Luhring Augustine, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2011

Exhibited

Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Selections from the de la Cruz Collection, December 2011-October 2012.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, From Day to Day, December 2019-September 2020.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, A Possible Horizon, September 2020-November 2021.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, There Is Always One Direction, November 2021-November 2022.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, House in Motion / New Perspectives, December 2023-March 2024.

Conditions of sale

Lot Essay

"Coal dust is a waste product from coal processing. The name alone has fantastic metaphoric associations, but I also like the material-black, shiny gravel...The idea of coal dust, a waste product, elevated into the space of art was something that interested me."
- Glenn Ligon

Figure #31

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