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NANCY GRAVES (1939-1995)

Lot 209
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Lot 209 | NANCY GRAVES (1939-1995)
Estimate value
$ 12 000 – 18 000
NANCY GRAVES (1939-1995)
Calipers, Legs, Lines (Legs Red Lines)
signed, partially titled and dated 'N.S. GRAVES 10'79 "CALIPERS, LEGS, LINES"' (on the reverse)
oil and acrylic on canvas
64 x 88 in. (162.6 x 223.5 cm.)
Painted in 1979.




Provenance

M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York
Private collection
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 24 February 1993, lot 36
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners



Literature

C. Crossman, An Interview with Nancy Graves, New York, April 1980, pp. 6-7.
C. Carr, "Nancy Graves: A Survey 1969-1980: Observations and ... discussion of sculpture," The Ohio Arts Journal, July/August 1980, p. 19.
D. Tennant, "Doing what comes naturally," Houston Chronicle, September 1980, p. 16.
D. Tennant, "Nancy Graves On View," Houston Chronicle, September 1980, p. 13 (illustrated).
D. McVinney, "Nancy Graves Survey at Museum an 'Inspirational' Event," The Load, February 1981.
"Graves, Nancy (Stevenson)," Current Biography, May 1981, p. 35.
H. Namuth and C. Tompkins, Hans Namuth: Artists 1950-81, New York, 1981, n.p. (illustrated).
C. Brutvan, L. Cathcart and M. Mayo, In Our Time: Houston's Contemporary Arts Museum, 1948-1982, Houston, 1982, p. 58 (illustrated).
A. Harris, Entering the Mainstream: Women Sculptors of the Twentieth Century, Vancouver, 1990, p. 26 (illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Nancy Graves: Recent Paintings and Sculpture, March 1980, n.p., no. 6.
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Akron Art Institute; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; Memphis, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery; State University of New York at Purchase, Neuberger Museum; Des Moines Art Center and Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Nancy Graves: A Survey 1969/1980, May 1980-July 1981, pp. 27 and 36, no. 62 (illustrated on the front cover).
State University of New York at Purchase, Neuberger Museum, The Private Eye: 20th Century Art from New York and Connecticut Collections, April 1984.
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