Modern Design 
14 May 2021
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Modern Design 
John Woodward, Ribbons - Image 1 of 5
John Woodward, Ribbons - Image 2 of 5
John Woodward, Ribbons - Image 3 of 5
John Woodward, Ribbons - Image 4 of 5
John Woodward, Ribbons - Image 5 of 5
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John Woodward

Ribbons

USA, 2006
painted ceramic 27 h × 18 w × 16 d in (69 × 46 × 41 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $2,750
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Carved initials and date near base ‘JGW 06’.
provenance: Private Collection, California

This work will preview and ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.

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Michigan artist John Woodward uses his own likeness to explore the intersection of painting and sculpture, and how viewers experience three-dimensional space. Similar to Piero Fornasetti’s endless exploration of Italian opera singer Lina Cavalieri’s face in his Tema e Variazioni series or René Magritte’s witty juxtaposition of images and words, Woodward punctures, embellishes, and sculpts his visage into a multitude of portraits that encourage us to consider how we see not only art, but the world and our place in it.

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