May 12, 2022 - Sale 2604

Sale 2604 - Lot 430

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
INKA ESSENHIGH
Highway + Hell.

Oil on paper, 2003. 349x450mm; 13 3/4x17 3/4 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower verso.

Provenance: 303 Gallery, New York, with the label on the frame back; private collection, New York.

As in the present work, Essenhigh's (born 1969) oeuvre builds a composite universe of everyday occurances, contemporary culture, and the artist's inner world of dreams and emotions. Essenhigh lives and works in New York and has exhibited internationally. Her works are held in the collections of several important institutions including the P.S. 1 Center for Contemporary Art of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Denver Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Seattle Art Museum, Tate, London and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.