Post War & Contemporary Art 
29 January 2025
Post War & Contemporary Art 
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Sterling Ruby b.1972

BLUE/GREEN MAXIOFACIAL

2009
ceramic 11⅝ h × 21¾ w × 6 d in (30 × 55 × 15 cm)
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $17,780
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Incised signature and date to underside 'SR 09'.
provenance: Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles | Private Collection
exhibited: Civilization and Its Discontents: SAIC Alumni Exhibition, Selections from 1985–2015, 1 September - 24 October 2015, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago
literature: Sterling Ruby: Ceramics 2007–2010, Taka Ishii Gallery, ppg. 96-97 Sterling Ruby: Desktop Vol. 1, Pace Gallery, unpaginated

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Using clay became a way to just make something, it represented the gesture I was longing for. I started to see my ceramics as monuments to my desire to make a sincere gesture, and the shame that came with it....as a material, clay has always been about malleability as opposed to vulnerability.

Sterling Ruby

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