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Bidding is now open for our Fine Art, Jewelry, Design & Asian Art auction, Day 2 of our three-day December sale, featuring paintings, prints, sculpture, fine jewelry, watches, porcelain and Asian works of art. Highlights include a George Gardner Symons 'Winter River' oil on canvas, an 18K gold Tiffany & Co. Mark Coupe resonator watch and a Dale Chihuly "Persian Set," alongside works by Bridget Riley, Joan Miró, Rufino Tamayo and Chen Chi-Kwan, and more. Auction is Wednesday, December 2nd at 1 PM CST. Local pickup is December 7th, 8th and 9th from 1 to 5 PM at 5263 Edina Industrial Blvd, Edina, MN. Shipping is available on all lots.
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Lot 288

Roger Ackling "Voewood 2008" Mixed Media

Estimate: $400 - $800
Starting Bid
$200

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Signed on the back by the artist. Artist catalog included. 

Date: 2008

Provenance: Annely Juda Fine Art Invoice, artwork was sold and collected at the Basel Art Fair, Switzerland in 2009. 

 

Dimensions: 13 3/4" Wide x 14 1/4" Tall 

 

Condition: One nail is missing on the right side. Please see images for details. 

 

Artist Bio: Roger Ackling (1947-2014) made his work with a single tool for more than forty years: a small magnifying glass, given to him by his sister while he was a student. Holding a piece of found wood in one hand and the lens in the other, with the sun over his shoulder, he focused light into a burning point and moved it slowly across the surface, scorching rows of tiny dots into parallel lines. When a cloud passed, the line broke. The process was slow, silent and wholly dependent on the weather, and the finished pieces are records of time and sunlight as much as objects.

Born in Isleworth, Ackling studied at Saint Martin's School of Art in London alongside artists who were redefining sculpture through walking and landscape, and he was an influential teacher for decades. His materials were driftwood, lolly sticks, scraps of boxes and furniture, often found on walks or brought to him by friends. He titled many works for the place they were made, most often Voewood, the Arts and Crafts house in Norfolk in whose grounds he later lived. "Voewood 2008" was sold through his London gallery, Annely Juda Fine Art, at Art Basel.

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