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Mon, Sep 16, 2024 12:00PM EDT - Mon, Sep 30, 2024 08:30PM EDT
  2024-09-16 12:00:00 2024-09-30 20:30:00 America/New_York Drawing Center Drawing Center : 2024 Benefit Auction https://auction.drawingcenter.org/auctions/the-drawing-center/2024-benefit-auction-16224
"A Selection of Great Art by People Who Know What They Like." Funds raised through TDC's 2024 benefit auction will provide critical support for our ambitious roster of exhibitions, publications, education initiatives, and public programs. Bidding begins on Monday, September 16 at 12pm EST, and closes on Monday, September 30 at 8:30pm EST. The Drawing Center rbrickman@drawingcenter.org
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Des Lawrence, "Obituary Drawing: Nancy Roman", 2024
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Des Lawrence, "Obituary Drawing: Nancy Roman", 2024

Estimate: $9,000 - $9,000
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Des Lawrence
"Obituary Drawing: Nancy Roman", 2024
Ink and color pencil on paper
31 x 27 ½ inches (79 x 70 cm)

 

Selected by Linda Norden

 

Des Lawrence (b. 1970 in Wiltshire, UK) studied at Glasgow School of Art and Goldsmiths College, London. He lives and works in London.

 

Des Lawrence’s practice includes painting, drawing, text and installation. The principal theme of his work is derived from current newspaper obituaries and the artworks are tributes and memorials to the recently deceased. Recent solo exhibitions include: Oh my absolute complete and utter ever lasting days! at Castor Gallery, London (2023); Works in Black & White at Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (2023); and Host and Guest at Palfrey Gallery, London (2022).

 

Lawrence’s artworks are also part of the collections of National Gallery of Victoria, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, The David Roberts Collection, The Wordsworth Trust, and Donaukurier (Munich). The artist was awarded the Abbey Scholarship at the British School in Rome in 2005. 

Overall Dimensions
Height: 31.00 in
Width: 27.50 in

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