Post War & Contemporary Art 
11 March 2021
Post War & Contemporary Art 
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Sterling Ruby b.1972

Basin Theology / IBMSMMCCA

2011
glazed stoneware, lacquered wood 10 h × 38 w × 38 d in (25 × 97 × 97 cm)
estimate: $50,000–70,000
result: $68,750
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Pedestal measures: 26 h x 48 w x 48 d inches. Signed and dated to interior ‘SR 11’.
provenance: Sprüth Magers, Berlin | Private Collection, Chicago

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I hope it is always true that each piece has a life of its own. I want the work to be schizophrenic, to defy and contradict how it is read, to shift in meaning, both inside and outside of the studio.

Sterling Ruby

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