Lot 254: NICOLA TYSON

NICOLA TYSON B.1960 HARLEQUIN pencil and gouache on paper 61 by 48cm.; 29 by 19in. Executed in 1995.

London, Entwhistle, Nicola Tyson, 17th November - 6th January 1996.

Entwhistle, London
Sale, Sotheby's London, 9th February 2006, lot 413, where acquired by the present owner

Odd arrangements of shreds and patches, with legs, arms and other components distorted or missing, the figures are still assertive presences that, like animals, seem totally unaware of their physical appearance.'
Grace Glueck, 'Art in Review; Nicola Tyson', New York Times, January 27, 2006.

Now living and working in upstate New York, Nicola Tyson was born in London and educated at the Chelsea School of Art and the St Martin's School of Art. Best known as a print maker and a draughtsman, Tyson's mutant-like zoological creations are included in major public collections the world over, including the Tate Gallery, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Most recently she has had solo shows at Sadie Coles HQ, the Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York and at the Kunsthalle Zurich.