Lot  069 Ravenel Spring Auction 2021 Taipei

Ravenel Spring Auction 2021 Taipei

East New York

José PARLA (American, 1973)

2011

Acrylic, plaster, gesso, ink, enamel and collage on canvas

61 x 91.5 cm

Estimate

TWD 1,600,000-2,800,000

HKD 436,000-763,000

USD 56,100-98,100

CNY 370,000-647,000

Sold Price


Signature

Signed reverse José Parlá, titled East New York and dated 2011

PROVENANCE:
Chiswick Auctions, Urban Art, London, December 6, 2018, lot 669
This lot is accompanied with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

+ OVERVIEW

José Parlá was born in Miami in 1973. He is a Cuban-American. He graduated from Miami Dade College, Florida, Savannah College of Art & Design, Georgia, and New World School of the Arts, Miami, Miami. José Parlá is famous for his calligraphy and bright colours, and he uses a distinctive abstract way to express his awareness of history and the richness of mankind and language. For example, the project "Wrinkles of the City - Havana, Cuba" (2012) that he collaborated with a French artist JR (Jean René); and largescale mural at well-known institutions: "Diary of Brooklyn" (2012) of Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, "Nature of Language" (2013) of Hunt Library by SNØHETTA, North Carolina State University, "ONE: Union of the Sense" of ONE World Trade Center, New York (2014), "Amistad América" (2018) of Landmarks, University of Texas at Austin, etc.
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Ravenel Spring Auction 2021 Taipei

Saturday, July 17, 2021, 3:30pm