Lucas Samaras

Box #62

Restricted Species

Auction Closed

November 17, 10:15 PM GMT

Estimate

200,000 - 300,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished American Collection

Lucas Samaras

b. 1936

Box #62

wood box construction with acrylic, yarn, glass beads, pins, glass, cotton, found photograph collage, false teeth, seahorse, crab leg, pencil and shells

6⅝ by 12 by 9 in.

16.8 by 30.5 by 22.9 cm.

Executed in 1967.

This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation.

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Pace Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in September 1968 by the present owner

Kim Levin, Lucas Samaras, New York, 1975, no. 206, illustrated
Hannah Barton, ed., Lucas Samaras: Boxes, New York, 2017, no. 1987.05, illustrated in color (online)

New York & Chicago, Phyllis Kind Gallery, Human Concern/Personal Torment: The Grotesque in American Art Revisited, 1989-1990, no. 6, p. 40, illustrated
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Lucas Samaras, 1972-1973, no. 237, illustrated
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Lucas Samaras: Boxes, 1971, n.p., illustrated