Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection | Live Sale
Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection | Live Sale
Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection
Chryssa
The Automat
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection
Chryssa
1933 - 2013
The Automat
neon construction in Plexiglas
67 ½ by 68 ½ by 20 in.
171.5 by 174 by 50.8 cm.
Executed in 1971-72.
Harry N. Abrams, New York (acquired directly from the artist in August 1972)
Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner
Sam Hunter, Chryssa, New York 1974, p. 13, illustrated and p. 68, illustrated in color (dated 1971)
Pierre Restany, Chryssa, New York 1977, pl. 52, p. 94, illustrated in color, pp. 77-78 (text), pl. 175-176, pp. 232-233, illustrated in color (and illustrated in color on the cover)
Exh. Cat., New York, Dia Chelsea; Houston, Menil Collection; Chicago, Wrightwood 659, Chryssa & New York, March 2023 - August 2024, p. 24 and 78, illustrated in color
New York, Galerie Denise René, Chryssa, April - May 1973
Philadelphia, The Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pop/Abstraction, February - April 1998