José de Rivera
Brussels Construction
Auction Closed
September 28, 08:29 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
José de Rivera
1904 - 1985
Brussels Construction
signed (on the underside of the base)
stainless steel on painted wood base, mechanized
77 by 84 ½ by 72 ½ in.
195.6 by 214.6 by 184.2 cm.
Executed in 1958.
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Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. R. Howard Goldsmith, Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago (by donation from the above)
Sotheby's, New York, 9 March 2012, lot 207 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Mr. and Mrs. R. Howard Goldsmith, Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago (by donation from the above)
Sotheby's, New York, 9 March 2012, lot 207 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
The Art Institute of Chicago, 63rd American Exhibition, Paintings & Sculpture, December 1959 - January 1960, no. 22, p. 17, illustrated
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chromium Sculpture by José de Rivera and Roy Gussow with Tapestries by Jan Yoors, November - December 1966
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, José de Rivera Retrospective, February - June 1972, no. 86, n.p., illustrated
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chromium Sculpture by José de Rivera and Roy Gussow with Tapestries by Jan Yoors, November - December 1966
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, José de Rivera Retrospective, February - June 1972, no. 86, n.p., illustrated
A. Lehman, ed., "Hewn Cast or Molded," Midwestern Art Reviews & Chicago Gallery Guide, vol. 1, no. 1, December 1995, p. 7, illustrated
