ID 949124 
Lot 1  | LEE BONTECOU (1931-2022)
Estimate value
$ 3 000 000 – 5 000 000 
Untitled
welded steel, canvas, fabric, velvet and wire
38 1/2 x 30 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (97.8 x 77.8 x 27 cm.)
Executed in 1959-1960
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.
Vera G. List, Greenwich (1960);
Sotheby's, New York, 12 November 2003, lot 1.
Gagosian Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2003.
Exhibited
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Lee Bontecou, November-December 1960.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Americans 1963, May-August 1963, p. 15 (illustrated).
New York, New School Art Center, Sculpture from the Albert A. List Family Collection, October-November 1965, no. 13.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Seven Decades, 1895-1965: Crosscurrents in American Art, April-May 1966, p. 177, no. 344 (illustrated).
Leverkusen, Stadtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich and Berlin, Kunstverein Haus am Waldsee, Lee Bontecou, March-July 1968, no. 4 (illustrated).
Providence, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Governor's Arts Awards, June-July 1970, no. 1 (illustrated).
Ridgefield, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Fall 1977: Contemporary Collectors, September-December 1977, n.p. (illustrated).
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Lee Bontecou, October-November 1999.
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| Artist: | Lee Bontecou (1931 - 2022) | 
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| Art style: | Post War Art | 
| Artist: | Lee Bontecou (1931 - 2022) | 
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| Art style: | Post War Art | 
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