Post War & Contemporary Art 
22 May 2024
Post War & Contemporary Art 
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Kay Rosen b.1943

Half Full

2004
colored pencil on paper 15⅝ h × 22¼ w in (40 × 57 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $5,670
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Signed, titled and dated to verso ‘Kay Rosen 2004 Half Full’.
provenance: Yvon Lambert, New York | Private Collection | Phillips, New York, Under the Influence, 7 March 2014, Lot 285 | Private Collection

This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

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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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