ID 1425932
Lot 602 | LUCAS SAMARAS (1936-2024)
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
Box #98
wood box construction—nails, acrylic, metal, fabric, printed paper collage and Plexiglas
open: 10 x 8 ¾ x 12 in. (25.4 x 22.2 x 30.5 cm.)
closed: 4 x 8 ¾ x 9 ½ in. (10.2 x 22.2 x 24 cm.)
Executed in 1977.
Provenance
The Pace Gallery, New York
Private collection, 1985
Galerie Xippas, Paris
Private collection
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 November 2017, lot 105
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
P. Mollenkof, "Punishing the Modern Legacy," Asahi Evening News, 29 May 1981, n.p. (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Mayor Gallery, Lucas Samaras, March-April 1978.
Tokyo, Galerie Watari, Lucas Samaras, May-July 1981, n.p. (illustrated).
Athens, Jean Bernier Gallery, Lucas Samaras, December 1983-January 1984.
Athens, National Gallery of Greece, The Alexander Soutzos Museum, Lucas Samaras: A Retrospective, April-June 2005, p. 182 (illustrated).
Beverly Hills, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Technologies of the Self, April-May 2021.
Los Angeles, Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Twentieth Century Masters, February-March 2025.
| Artist: | Lucas Samaras (1936 - 2024) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Lucas Samaras (1936 - 2024) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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