ID 1059325
Lot 370 | BILLY AL BENGSTON (1934-2022)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
Big Duke
signed and dated 'Bengston 1960' (on the reverse)
oil, lacquer and screws on Masonite, in artist's frame
48 3⁄8 x 48 3⁄8 in. (122.7 x 122.7 cm.)
Executed in 1960.
Provenance
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles
Sterling Holloway, South Laguna Beach
NYEHAUS, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2012
Literature
J. Monte, "Bengston in Los Angeles, The County Museum presents the artist's first retrospective," Artforum, November 1968, pp. 37 and 40 (illustrated).
Spray, exh. cat., The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1971, p. 10.
L.A. POP IN THE SIXTIES, exh. cat., Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1989, p. 54.
Exhibited
New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Billy Al Bengston, May 1962.
Los Angeles, Ferus Gallery, Billy Al Bengston, November- December 1962.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Washington D.C., Dupont Center, Corcoran Gallery and Vancouver Art Gallery, Billy Al Bengston, November 1968-January 1969, n.p., no. 13 (illustrated).
Newport Beach, Newport Harbor Art Museum, The Last Time I Saw FERUS 1957-1966, March-April 1976, n.p., no. 9 (illustrated).
Artist: | Billy Al Bengston (1934 - 2022) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Billy Al Bengston (1934 - 2022) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
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