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Marc Quinn (British, b.1964)
LOT ID: 67395
Tulip (Close Up 1), 2007

Mixed Media, Pigmentprint on 330 gsm Somerset Velvet Enhanced paper
39.4 х 29.5 in. cm.
Signed, in pencil, verso and numbered verso
Edition of 59
Lot description
This print was taken from a close up of the artist's oil paintings of flowers. It explicitly implies reproduction, the reproductive organs of the plant centralized within open crimson petals, while also calling upon the ephemeral nature of the botanical, indicated by a light frost of snowflakes freshly coating the floral subject.

Marc Quinn is a member of the YBA and is known for his work made from materials never associated with fine art, such as blood and feces (though neither of these things are on this print). In 2000 Quinn created a whole garden of frozen plants. All of the plants could never grow together naturally and were put together via cryogenic suspension. Quinn's fascination with the lives of flowers can also be seen in "Tulip".
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  • Marc Quinn

    Tulip (close up 1)
    prints, mixed media
    (H 39.4, W 29.5) in.
    (100.1 x 74.9) cm.
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    Sold for: US$1,725
    Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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    Close Up 1
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    (H 34.9, W 29.3) in.
    (88.6 x 74.5) cm.
    Sold for: US$2,403
    Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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