Contemporary Discoveries
Contemporary Discoveries
The Gordian Knot
Lot Closed
March 4, 04:36 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Lynda Benglis
b. 1941
The Gordian Knot
cast aluminum, in 4 parts
largest element: 21 by 7 by 3 in.
largest element: 53.3 by 17.8 by 7.62 cm.
Executed in 1997.
Kappatos Gallery, Athens
Private Collection, Greece (acquired from the above in 1999)
Sotheby's New York, 16 May 2007, lot 527 (consigned by the above)
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Athens, Kappatos Gallery, Dynamic Silhouette, December 1998 - January 1999
Thessaloniki, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, The Avant Garde, 1999, p. 179, illustrated
Athens, Hellenic American Union, InsideOutside: Notes for the 60s, January - February 2005, p. 59, illustrated
Philadelphia, Locks Gallery, Lynda Benglis, May – July 2022, pp. 22-23, illustrated