SCOTT BURTON 1939 - 1989 | A Unique Pair of Cubes

Max Protetch Gallery, New York
Christie's, New York, November 17, 1999, lot 167
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Scott Burton, Baltimore Museum of Art, December 1986 - February 1987
24 Cubes, University of Massachusetts Art Gallery, Amherst, September - October 1988

Brenda Richardson, Ed., Scott Burton, Exh. Cat., The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore 1986, p. 40 (for the present lot illustrated) 
Jiri Svestka, Ed., Scott Burton: Skulpturen 1980-89, Düsseldorf 1989, p. 74 (for the present lot illustrated) 
Scott Burton, exh. cat., Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia 2004, p. 153 (for the present lot illustrated) 

Overall good condition. The wood surfaces with scattered minor surface scratches, edge abrasions and wear consistent with age and gentle use. Each cube with some occasional small areas of surface residue and some minor seam separations and age cracks, stable. One cube with a few concentrated areas of rubbing and wear to the finish on the top surface with some associated discoloration. The other cube with a few larger scuffs and marks concentrated to one side, the largest measuring approximately 8 inches long. A unique form which bridges sculpture with design.
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