13th Dec, 2023 12:00
Fine Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculpture
58
⊕ KEN CURRIE (BRITISH B.1960)
HEAD OF A CRITIC
signed, inscribed and dated No 73 "HEAD OF A CRITIC" 1990 / oil on wood / 35.5 x 46 cm / K. Currie 13/11/90 on the reverseoil on panel 46.5 x 35.5cm; 18 1/4 x 14in 57 x 46cm; 22 1/2 x 18in (framed)
Property from a Private Collection, Chelsea
Provenance
Raab Boukamel Galleries Ltd, London
Purchased from the above by the husband of the present owner in October 1994
Exhibited
London, Riverside Studios, Ken Currie, 1991 (illustrated in the catalogue)
Edinburgh, Talbot Rice University Art Gallery, Ken Currie, The Age of Uncertainty, 1991
Literature
Corinna Lotz, 'Crucifixion of the Century', in The Times Higher Education Supplement, 27 September 1991, illustrated
In her review of Currie's work in September 1991 Lotz comments how the artist: '...shows a world much more deeply symbolic. The inner core of meaning comes out of the human beings themselves, rather than being imposed on them, The figures are both more individualised and more anonymous. They are no longer specifically Scottish or Glaswegian, but tortured, suffering, doubting, brutal or brutalised, ugly, human creatures... In these disturbing works, we are made to confront the most painful and terrible experiences of our times.' (Lotz, ibid, 1991)
Sold for £4,400
HEAD OF A CRITIC
signed, inscribed and dated No 73 "HEAD OF A CRITIC" 1990 / oil on wood / 35.5 x 46 cm / K. Currie 13/11/90 on the reverseoil on panel 46.5 x 35.5cm; 18 1/4 x 14in 57 x 46cm; 22 1/2 x 18in (framed)
Property from a Private Collection, Chelsea
Provenance
Raab Boukamel Galleries Ltd, London
Purchased from the above by the husband of the present owner in October 1994
Exhibited
London, Riverside Studios, Ken Currie, 1991 (illustrated in the catalogue)
Edinburgh, Talbot Rice University Art Gallery, Ken Currie, The Age of Uncertainty, 1991
Literature
Corinna Lotz, 'Crucifixion of the Century', in The Times Higher Education Supplement, 27 September 1991, illustrated
In her review of Currie's work in September 1991 Lotz comments how the artist: '...shows a world much more deeply symbolic. The inner core of meaning comes out of the human beings themselves, rather than being imposed on them, The figures are both more individualised and more anonymous. They are no longer specifically Scottish or Glaswegian, but tortured, suffering, doubting, brutal or brutalised, ugly, human creatures... In these disturbing works, we are made to confront the most painful and terrible experiences of our times.' (Lotz, ibid, 1991)
Auction: Fine Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculpture, 13th Dec, 2023
