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John Chamberlain
Estimate
350,000 - 450,000 USD
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Description
- John Chamberlain
- Good Friday (An Afternoon Well Spent)
- signed
- painted steel
- 117 by 52 by 24 in. 297.2 by 132.1 by 61 cm.
- Executed in 1984.
Provenance
Xavier Fourçade, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1986
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1986
Exhibited
New York, Marian Goodman Gallery, Sculpture, June - July 1985
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Reverberations: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Bank of America Collection, July - September 2008
Charlotte, Mint Museum of Art, New Visions: Contemporary Masterworks from the Bank of America Collection, October - April 2010
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Reverberations: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Bank of America Collection, July - September 2008
Charlotte, Mint Museum of Art, New Visions: Contemporary Masterworks from the Bank of America Collection, October - April 2010
Literature
Julie Sylvester, Ed., John Chamberlain: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Sculpture 1954-1985, New York 1986, cat. no. 767, p. 209, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There is wear to the elements including abrasions, oxidation, bending of the metal, and scattered spots of paint loss, all of which appears inherent to the artist's working method. A light dust has settled in the crevices of the work. All elements are stable and secure.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"By attributing the grandeur and dazzle of his work to forces in the world outside himself, Chamberlain (like Rauschenberg) manages to retain most of what is most odd and energetic about Abstract Expressionism while proffering both a critique of and an homage to the collapsing industrial world that surrounds it–to the printing, crushing, bending, blurring, dripping, scoring and staining–to the entropic cornucopia of garbage that human culture trails in its wake."
Susan Davidson
Exh. Cat., New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (and traveling), John Chamberlain: Choices, 2012, p. 34