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Lucas Samaras
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description
- Lucas Samaras
- Box #98
- wooden box construction with nails, acrylic, metal, fabric, printed paper collage and Plexiglas
- open: 10 by 8 3/4 by 12 in. 25.4 by 22.2 by 30.5 cm.
- closed: 4 by 8 3/4 by 9 1/2 in. 10.2 by 22.2 by 24 cm.
- Executed in 1977.
Provenance
The Pace Gallery, New York
Galerie Xippas, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Galerie Xippas, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
London, Mayor Gallery, Lucas Samaras, March - April 1978
Tokyo, Galerie Watari, Samaras, May - July 1981, 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 - July 2005, p. 182, illustrated
Tokyo, Galerie Watari, Samaras, May - July 1981, 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 - July 2005, p. 182, illustrated
Literature
Peter Mollenkof, "Punishing the Modern Legacy," Asahi Evening News, 29 May 1981, illustrated
Condition
This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There are some drying bubbles to the blue paint, one missing pin at the extreme lower left and unobtrusive pinpoint losses to the lid of the box at the extreme edges. There are two pinpoint losses to the fork and spoon each.
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
“I’m an Abstract Expressionist sewer, not a mosaicist.”
Lucas Samaras
Lucas Samaras