Post War & Contemporary Art 
11 March 2021
Post War & Contemporary Art 
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Kay Rosen b.1943

Instinct

2007
enamel sign paint on canvas over panel 16¾ h × 14 w in (43 × 36 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $8,750
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Signed and dated to verso ‘Kay Rosen 2007’.
provenance: Private Collection, California
exhibited: Kay Rosen: Scareful!, November 2008, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York | Kay Rosen, 5 May - 26 July 2014, Galeri Zilberman, Istanbul

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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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