Robert Arneson

Head with Little Pain

Lot closes

October 2, 07:35 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Starting Bid

10,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer

Robert Arneson

1930 - 1992

A-Head with Little Pain

incised with the artist’s signature and date 91 (on the lower edge)

bronze

33 ½ by 31 by 33 ½ in.

85.1 by 78.7 by 85.1 cm.

Conceived in 1991 and executed in 1993, this work is number 1 from an edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof.

Private Collection, Phoenix

John Natsoulas Gallery, California

Acquired from the above in 1996 by the present owner

Alisa Carroll, Art House: The Collaboration of Chara Schreyer & Gary Hutton, New York 2016, pp. 62 and 219, illustrated in color (installed in Chara Schreyer's residence, Marin)

New York, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, Robert Arneson: Late Bronzes 1989 - 1992, March - April 1994 (another example exhibited)

Lincoln, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Robert Arneson: Bronze Self-Portraits and Drawings, June 1999 - June 2000, p. 10 (another example exhibited and illustrated)

Honolulu, The Contemporary Museum, This Head is Mine-Robert Arneson Self-Portraits, December 2000 - February 2001 (another example exhibited)

San Francisco, Brian Gross Fine Art, Robert Arneson: Self Portraits in Bronze, March - April 2012 (another example exhibited)