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Hunt Slonem "Sky (Diamond Dust)" Oil on Panel (2016)
Lot 25

Hunt Slonem "Sky (Diamond Dust)" Oil on Panel (2016)

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
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Hunt Slonem

(American, b. 1951)

Sky (Diamond Dust), 2016

Oil and diamond dust on panel

10" x 8"

 

Signed and dated to the reverse. The frame measures 15 1/4" x 13 1/4".

 

Hunt Slonem is a noted Neo-Expressionist painter with Pop sensibilities whose work typically depicts repeated variations of animal subjects. He chooses to paint animals including rabbits, birds, and butterflies because they evoke spiritual associations with nature and his own childhood memories. “I talk to mystics a lot about bunnies,” the artist said to Incollect Magazine in 2023, “and one of them once said to me that rabbits would take me to places I have never been. It was true.” Today Slonem’s work is held by more than 50 major art institutions across the country and around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Fundacio Joan Miro in Barcelona.

Condition

The painting is in very good condition. Some wear to the frame, including a d-ring screw slightly protruding through the frame’s right face.

Overall Dimensions
Height: 15.25 in
Width: 13.25 in
Depth: 2.00 in

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