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ALIX is a portrait gifted to the sitter, a close friend of the artist, painted in 2010. The sitter notes: "I've decided to sell STIK’s portrait of me to fund a new, inclusive tattoo studio in Leeds to help other queer and trans folk of colour like me to decorate their bodies in whatever form they choose and to accept and love themselves more." -ALEX
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Minor rubbing and faint handling marks are to the edges and corner-tips. A pinpoint loss is to the lower right edge and a few white pigment accretions are to the upper corners and left edge. Only visible under ultraviolet light, an area to the lower left vertical edge fluoresces unevenly but not in a manner consistent with retouching.
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Lot 14Sale 21280
AlixSTIK (B. 1979)Estimate: USD 40,000 - 60,000
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