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Salvatore Scarpitta

Car Shell (Yellow)

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July 19, 07:12 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Salvatore Scarpitta

1919 - 2007

Car Shell (Yellow)


metal and fiberglass

24½ by 12½ by 10 in.

62.2 by 31.8 by 25.4 cm.

Executed in 1968.

Estate of the artist

Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Salvatore Scarpitta: Trajectory, Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2011, p. 51.

Faye Hirsch, "Salvatore Scarpitta: Marianne Boesky," Art in America, vol. 199, no. 9, October 2011, p. 180.

Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, Salvatore Scarpitta: Trajectory, 2011