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Introduction

Cecily Brown (born 1969) is a London born, New York based artist, best known for her large-scale paintings that blend abstraction and figuration. Her richly painted images often use the work of old and modern masters such as Rubens and Degas as a starting point to explore themes of sexuality and desire. Brown’s bold, gestural brushstrokes and command of painting have drawn parallels to abstract expressionists like de Kooning, but her singular approach to abstraction, imbued with supple figures and eroticism, removes her work from the masculine undertones that have been traditionally associated with the movement.  

In 2006, the Museum of Fine Art Boston organized Brown’s mid-career retrospective. In addition to her participation in the Whitney Biennial, she has held solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, Madrid’s Museo Reina Sofia, Museo Oscar Niemeyer in Brazil and the Louisiana Museum in Denmark and a survey of Brown's work will take place at Blenheim Palace in 2020. Brown’s work can be found in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Essl Museum, Austria; Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.; and the Tate Gallery, London among others. 

Cecily Brown has been making monotypes and etchings at Two Palms since 2002. 

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Cecily Brown, Untitled (Nature Morte), 2020 CB1410

Untitled (Nature Morte), 2020
Monotype in two parts with watercolor and watercolor crayon
36 3/4 x 58 3/4inches (each part)
CB1410

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Cecily Brown, Untitled, 2012 CB1258

Untitled, 2012
Monotype in watercolor and pencil 
55 x 42 inches
CB1258

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Cecily Brown, Untitled, 2012

Untitled, 2012
Monotype in watercolor and pencil on Lanaquarelle paper
25 1/4 x 32 3/4 inches 64.1 x 83.2 cm
Signed: signed Cecily Brown, 2012 in graphite verso
CB1272

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Color Etching with Brick Wall, 2003
7-color etching with aquatint
24 x 28 inches
Edition of 28

Color Etching with Brick Wall, 2003
7-color etching with aquatint
24 x 28 inches
Edition of 28

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Cecily Brown, Untitled (Nature Morte), 2020 CB1410

Untitled (Nature Morte), 2020
Monotype in two parts with watercolor and watercolor crayon
36 3/4 x 58 3/4inches (each part)
CB1410

Cecily Brown, Untitled, 2012 CB1258

Untitled, 2012
Monotype in watercolor and pencil 
55 x 42 inches
CB1258

Cecily Brown, Untitled, 2012

Untitled, 2012
Monotype in watercolor and pencil on Lanaquarelle paper
25 1/4 x 32 3/4 inches 64.1 x 83.2 cm
Signed: signed Cecily Brown, 2012 in graphite verso
CB1272

Color Etching with Brick Wall, 2003
7-color etching with aquatint
24 x 28 inches
Edition of 28

Color Etching with Brick Wall, 2003
7-color etching with aquatint
24 x 28 inches
Edition of 28

Selected Exhibitions

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023  Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2022  Cecily Brown, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
2020  Cecily Brown, Blenheim Palace, UK
2018  Cecily Brown, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humblebaek, Denmark
2018  Triumph of the Vanities II, The Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY
2018  If Paradise Were Half as Nice, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2018  If Paradise Were Half as Nice, Museo Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil
2017  Cecily Brown: Shipwreck Drawings, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
2016  Cecily Brown: Rehearsal, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
2014  Cecily Brown, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
2012  Cecily Brown, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
2006  Cecily Brown, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2005  Cecily Brown: Paintings, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
2005  Cecily Brown: Paintings, Curated by Suzanne Cotter. Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK
2004  Cecily Brown, Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain

Selected Public Collections

The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Museum der Moderne Salzburg , Salzburg, Austria
Museum Für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
The Tate Gallery, London, UK
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

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