Lot 237
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Cecily Brown (B. 1969)
PROPERTY SOLD TO BENEFIT VALID NUTRITION.
Cecily Brown (B. 1969)

Ring a Ring

Price realised GBP 361,875
Estimate
GBP 250,000 – GBP 350,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Cecily Brown (B. 1969)

Ring a Ring

Price realised GBP 361,875
Price realised GBP 361,875
Details
Cecily Brown (B. 1969)
Ring a Ring
signed and dated 'Cecily Brown 2012' (on the reverse)
oil on linen
67 x 83in. (170.2 x 210.8cm.)
Painted in 2012
Provenance
Donated directly by the artist, courtesy of Gagosian Gallery.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

'I am interested in the unfixed nature of things. I want the work to have a trapped energy so that the paint seems to vibrate in place. I want the viewing of it to approximate the experience of being in the world' (C. Brown, quoted in D.Ashton, Cecily Brown, New York 2008, p.25).

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