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Kay Rosen b.1943

Little Sheep

1993
enamel paint on canvas 11 h × 14 w in (28 × 36 cm)
estimate: $4,000–6,000
result: $8,125
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Signed, titled and dated to verso ‘Little Sheep Kay Rosen 1993’.
provenance: Victoria Miro Gallery, London | Galerie Massimo de Carlo, Milan | Private Collection, New Mexico | Private Collection, Minneapolis
exhibited: Kay Rosen: Home on the Range, 3 September - 6 November 1994, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Kay Rosen: Lifeli[k]e, 15 November 1998 - 14 February 1999, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
literature: Kay Rosen: True to Type, Art In America 1999, vol. 87, Myles, pg. 110 illustrates this work

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The linguist in me wanted meaning to be carried by the structure of the words, not type style; the inner painter insisted that color convey meaning; the sculptor in me obsessed about the construction of letterforms through materials and process; and any poetic instincts strove for efficiency.

Kay Rosen

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