Lot 156
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Christopher Wilmarth

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Christopher Wilmarth
  • Insert Myself Within Your Story
  • incised with the artist's signature, title, and date 1982
  • etched glass and steel
  • 25 by 20 by 8 in. 63.5 by 50.8 by 20.3 cm.

Provenance

Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in June 1984

Literature

Steven Henry Madoff, Christopher Wilmarth: Light and Gravity, Princeton, 2004, pl. 109, p. 96, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There are scattered fine and unobtrusive abrasions on the surface. On the left side of the sculpture, there is evidence of a faintly discernible inscription which reads 1452 Chris Wilmarth 4/25/81 . Otherwise, the sculpture is structurally sound with no other apparent condition problems.
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