Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Property from a Private North American Collection
Auction Closed
October 29, 12:08 AM GMT
Estimate
3,000,000 - 5,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private North American Collection
RUTH ASAWA
1926 - 2013
UNTITLED (S.267, HANGING SIX-LOBED, FOUR PART, DISCONTINUOUS SURFACE, WITH INTERIOR FORMS IN THE THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH LOBES)
brass wire
85 by 13 by 13 in. 215.9 by 33 by 33 cm.
Executed circa 1952.
Peggy Tolk-Watkins, Sausalito (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection (by descent from the above)
Christie's Private Sales, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exh. Cat., St. Louis, Pulitzer Arts Foundation (and travelling), Ruth Asawa: Life's Work, 2018, p. 133, illustrated in color, and p. 144 (text)