ID 949315
Lot 56 | JOHN CHAMBERLAIN (1927-2011)
Estimate value
$ 800 000 – 1 200 000
Gangster of Love
chromium-plated and painted steel
90 x 74 x 50 in. (228.5 x 188 x 127 cm.)
Executed in 1985.
Provenance
Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Rita and Toby Schreiber, California
Their sale; Christie's, New York, 12 November 2003, lot 380
Pace Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
D. Bourdon, "Artist's Dialogue: John Chamberlain, The Squeeze and the Fit" Architectural Digest, November 1985, pp. 70, 76 and 81 (illustrated).
K. Baker. "Poetry from Scraps of Steel" San Francisco Chronicle, 24 August 1986, p. 12.
J. Sylvester, John Chamberlain: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Sculpture 1954-1985, New York, 1986, p. 215, no. 787 (illustrated).
Margo Leavin Gallery: 25 Years, exh. cat., Los Angeles, Margo Leavin Gallery, September-October 1995 (illustrated).
J. Frank, CRUSHED: gangster of love, New York, 2014 (illustrated).
S. Davidson, John Chamberlain: Choices. New York, 2012, p 217.
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Margo Leavin Gallery, John Chamberlain, March 1985.
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Structure to Resemblance: Work by Eight American Sculptors, June-August 1987, n.p., no. 7 (illustrated).
New York, Pace Gallery, John Chamberlain, April-July 2011.
New York, Nahmad Contemporary, Gangster of Love/Crushed: Jan Frank/John Chamberlain, June 2014.
| Artist: | John Angus Chamberlain (1927 - 2011) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | John Angus Chamberlain (1927 - 2011) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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