About The Work
Available in a limited edition of 100, Cicely and Miles Visit the Obamas, captures a scene where Miles Davis and Cicely Tyson, stand in front of the White House. Describing the original work from 2017, Zadie Smith says ‘In this portrait, the Obamas are invisible, represented only by the house they'd just left, while the actress Cicely Tyson and her lover Miles Davis have been transported from a long-ago black-and-white society photograph onto the green impasto glory of the White House front lawn… Taylor thinks primarily in colors, shapes, and lines–he has a spatial, tonal genius. Form responds to form: the negative space around Cicely and Miles in the photograph suggests the exact proportions of the White House, yet in the transition the abstract sometimes becomes figured, and vice versa, as if the border between things didn't matter.'
Courtesy of THE SKATEROOM
About Henry Taylor
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Limited Edition
Set of 3, 7-ply Grade A Canadian Maple wood
Top-print includes printed signature of the artist
31.00 x 8.00 in
78.7 x 20.3 cm
Produced and numbered by THE SKATEROOM, 2022 | Includes a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Henry Taylor. © Henry Taylor. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth.
About The Work
Available in a limited edition of 100, Cicely and Miles Visit the Obamas, captures a scene where Miles Davis and Cicely Tyson, stand in front of the White House. Describing the original work from 2017, Zadie Smith says ‘In this portrait, the Obamas are invisible, represented only by the house they'd just left, while the actress Cicely Tyson and her lover Miles Davis have been transported from a long-ago black-and-white society photograph onto the green impasto glory of the White House front lawn… Taylor thinks primarily in colors, shapes, and lines–he has a spatial, tonal genius. Form responds to form: the negative space around Cicely and Miles in the photograph suggests the exact proportions of the White House, yet in the transition the abstract sometimes becomes figured, and vice versa, as if the border between things didn't matter.'
Courtesy of THE SKATEROOM
About Henry Taylor
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Henry Taylor releases Artspace edition Portrait of Andy Robert, 2024
- Interviews & Features: Henry Taylor on Art, Life & Everything In Between
- Interviews & Features: "I'm Surprised I'm Not Richer": Dealer Joel Mesler on Why Mid-Tier Galleries Are Disappearing, And How East Hampton Could Be His Solution
- News & Events: The Great Vitamin P3 Painting Hunt
- News & Events: The Vitamin P3 List: Discover the 108 International Artists Who Are Revolutionizing Painting Today
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- The quoted dimensions are for one deck.
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