Contemporary Curated

Lynda Benglis

Painting (AS) (#5) Totem

Auction Closed

March 11, 09:01 PM GMT

Estimate

70,000 - 90,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Lynda Benglis

b. 1941

Painting (AS) (#5) Totem

wire mesh, cotton bunting, plaster, purified pigmented beeswax and damar resin

35¾ by 4½ by 3¼ in.

90.8 by 11.4 by 8.3 cm.

Executed in 1972.

Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Philadelphia
Private Collection, San Diego (by descent from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Peoria, Lakeview Center for the Arts & Sciences, American Women: 20th Century, 1972, p. 24, illustrated
Buffalo, HALLWALLS Contemporary Arts Center, Approaching Painting: Part III, 1976