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Lot 75

He Has started Out to That Which Has Become A Circle

Lot 75

He Has started Out to That Which Has Become A Circle

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000

Estimate$30,000 – $50,000

Status

Closed

Roger Brown

(American, 1941-1997)

He Has started Out to That Which Has Become A Circle

, 1986

oil on canvas

30 x 48 inches.

Property from the Collection of Susan and Fred Novy, Northbrook, Illinois

Provenance:

Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago

Acquired directly from the Artist by artist Jimmy Wright via trade, 1990

Corbett Vs. Dempsey, Chicago

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007

Lot Note:

In a 1990 letter to artist and friend Jimmy Wright, discussing a potential trade of art work and sharing news of genealogical evidence for shared linage with Elvis Presley, Roger Brown identifies He Has started Out to That Which Has Become A Circle, 1986 as being part of a group of “perverse” paintings he had available “precisely because they are perverse and I knew when I painted them they were too much for most people.” Brown goes on to frankly explain the quintessentially surreal subconscious conception of the work he ultimately traded to Wright, “’He has started out to that which he will become’(or something like that) was done from a weird dream I had.”

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Joseph Stanfield

Senior Vice President, Director, Fine Art

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As the head of Hindman’s Fine Art Department, Mr. Stanfield is instrumental in bringing in major consignments from private collectors, estates, dealers and institutions. He has led the department to dozens of auction records, with a particular focus on Chicago Modernism. Mr. Stanfield has played an integral role in the development of the American & European and Post War & Contemporary Art categories, with the most successful year for the department in company history coming in 2021. He also oversaw a house record for total sales for a week of Fine Art auctions in May 2022. Mr. Stanfield is also the lead auctioneer for the Fine Art sales at Hindman. Prior to returning to Hindman in 2019, he was at Toomey & Co. for eight years, where he oversaw important collections including the estate of Candice B. Groot, the collection of Governor Jim Thompson, and the estate of Robert E. Beck. Mr. Stanfield earned a BA from the University of Kansas where he studied Art History.

Zack Wirsum

SVP, Head of Department, Post War and Contemporary Art

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Mr. Wirsum joined the firm in 2007 as a Fine Art registrar and became a department specialist in 2013, with a focus on Post War and Contemporary art. Through his vision, the department has achieved record breaking prices. Mr. Wirsum evaluates and appraises well over 5,000 works of art each year, collaborating with leading international committees and experts on authentication. Prior to joining Freeman's, Mr. Wirsum served as an assistant director and conservator at the Chicago Conservation Center. He received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is a practicing painter with gallery representation.

Post War and Contemporary Art

He Has started Out to That Which Has Become A Circle

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