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Lot 30
LYNDA BENGLIS(B. 1941)Racer Series #43 Carew
1990
1990
12 May 2021, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$40,312.50 inc. premium
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LYNDA BENGLIS (B. 1941)
Racer Series #43 Carew
1990
stainless steel wire mesh, sprayed zinc, bronze and silver plating
10 1/2 by 10 3/4 by 3 1/4 in.
26.6 by 27.3 by 8.2 cm.
This work was executed in 1990.
1990
stainless steel wire mesh, sprayed zinc, bronze and silver plating
10 1/2 by 10 3/4 by 3 1/4 in.
26.6 by 27.3 by 8.2 cm.
This work was executed in 1990.
Footnotes
Provenance
Sale: Christie's East, New York, Contemporary Art, 14 November 1995, Lot 204
Private Collection, USA
Sale: Butterfields, Los Angeles, Modern, Contemporary & Latin American Art, 22 April 1999, Lot 2396
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Lynda Benglis has frequently used unconventional materials in her sculptural practice, from poured latex in the 1960s, to cast glass and beeswax, resin and gold leaf. In the late 1980s she began a series of metallic sculptures that resembled fans, flowers and drapery entitled Racers. Benglis collaborated with famed Southern California fabricator Jack Brogan to create a metal-spraying process for the Racer series. Brogan works with many of the artists of the Light and Space movement, such as Larry Bell, De Wain Valentine and Helen Pashigan. Although these sculptures appear to be cast, they are created by using a hot spray gun. This gives the artist the ability to spray bronze onto folded and tied stainless steel screens, creating the effect of movement within these biomorphic forms.
One of the most significant voices in Contemporary American art today, Benglis' works can be found in numerous collections around the world including the Guggenheim Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art, New York; The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Tate Modern, London; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
