Contemporary Art Evening Auction

Contemporary Art Evening Auction

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Property from a Private North American Collection

RUTH ASAWA | UNTITLED (S.267, HANGING SIX-LOBED, FOUR PART, DISCONTINUOUS SURFACE, WITH INTERIOR FORMS IN THE THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH LOBES)

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)