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Lynda Benglis

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