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Kay Rosen b.1943

EKE EEK (from the Silver Painting series)

1991
enamel paint on two canvas panels 7½ h × 15 w in (19 × 38 cm)
estimate: $4,000–6,000
result: $6,875
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Signed and dated to verso of each example 'Kay Rosen 1991'.
provenance: Private Collection, Minneapolis

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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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