Lot 252
  • 252

John Chamberlain

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • John Chamberlain
  • Flawed Logic
  • signed and dated '82 
  • painted and chromium-plated steel
  • 30 1/2 by 30 by 10 1/2 in. 82.5 by 76 by 26.5 cm.

Provenance

Lorraine Chamberlain, Essex, Connecticut (acquired directly from the artist)
Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York
John C. Stoller & Co., Minneapolis
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, John Chamberlain, November - December 1982
Youngstown, The Butler Institute of American Art, John Chamberlain: Sculpture and Work on Paper, May 1983, cat. no. 8, p. 9, illutrated
Bay Harbour Islands, Hokin Gallery Inc., Large Sculpture, October - November 1984

Literature

Julie Sylvester and Klaus Kertess, eds., John Chamberlain: A Catalogue RaisonnĂ© of the Sculpture, 1954–1985, New York, 1986, no. 689, p. 188, illustrated

Condition

This work is is very good and sound condition overall. The surface inconsistencies and nuances to the paint are presumably inherent to the artist's working method and intent. The evidence of oxidation additionally appears to be inherent to medium. In addition, there a few scattered abrasions with small associated losses to the paint.
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