Contemporary Evening Auction

Contemporary Evening Auction

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Ruth Asawa

Untitled (S.408, Hanging Five-Lobed, Two-part Form, with the Second and Third Lobes Attached by Chain and Interior Spheres in the First and Third Lobes)

VAT reduced rateUK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Auction Closed

October 12, 06:59 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500,000 - 2,000,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Ruth Asawa

1926 - 2013


Untitled (S.408, Hanging Five-Lobed, Two-part Form, with the Second and Third Lobes Attached by Chain and Interior Spheres in the First and Third Lobes)

brass and unknown non-magnetic wire

127 by 24.7 by 24.7 cm.

50 by 9¾ by 9¾ in.

Executed circa 1953-54.


The present work is accompanied by the artist's copper tag, which is is stamped with the artist's insignia and numbered S.408/50.

Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist in 1954)

Bonhams, New York, 1 July 2020, lot 9 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner