Lot 550: Evan Penny , b. 1953 Female Anamorph #2 silicone, pigment, hair, fabric and aluminum

signed, titled and dated 2006 on the reverse silicone, pigment, hair, fabric and aluminum

62 1/4 by 12 5/8 by 5 7/8 in. 158.2 by 32 by 14.9 cm.

Robert Enright & Meeka Walsh, "The Artful Doubter: Evan Penny & the Making of Extraordinary Objects," Border Crossings, No. 98, June 2006, p. 33, illustrated in color

Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

"I have never thought of myself as a realist. Until recently, I've always been resistant to that. I accept it more now. I never felt I had a relationship to either Hanson or DeAndrea. Those connections were made because there was just so little out there. The connection was even less with Rodin, although, as of late, I feel it more, but for me it was with Cézanne and Giacometti. Those were the obvious ones, because the art was really about the uncertainty, that doubtful process that looking really specifically is all about. It's about the subjectivity of perception. Essentially, the harder you look, the more uncertain those relationships become. The paradox is that as you become more specific, the thing becomes harder and harder to represent, or to describe." - Evan Penny ("The Artful Doubter: Evan Penny & the Making of Extraordinary Objects," Border Crossings, No. 98, June 2006, p. 28)