Lot 252
  • 252

Joel Shapiro

Estimate
350,000 - 450,000 USD
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Description

  • Joel Shapiro
  • Untitled (JS-819-SC)
  • silicon bronze plate
  • 88 by 80 by 72 in. 223.5 by 203.2 by 182.9 cm.
  • Executed in 1987-1988, this work is one from an edition of 3.

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There are scattered minor abrasions and few spots of unobtrusive liquid accretions. Otherwise, there are no condition problems with this work. Please note this work is number 0/3 or Artist's Proof from the edition of 3. The correct provenance is: PaceWildenstein, New York Acquired by the present owner from the above The catalogue illustration does not show the bronze plate that is attached to the bottom of the sculpture used to bolt the piece to the floor or base.
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Catalogue Note

Shapiro is one of those rare artists on the contemporary scene: he can navigate the current art market and find both formal and professional success. For a sculptor who emerged during the doldrums of the 1970s, Shapiro wisely borrowed the spartan "primary structures" of minimalism and the Earth-First aesthetic of post-minimalism (his medium is wood, or bronze castings of wood). He maintains the sensibility of his times, including an acute awareness of scale. Yet he wrestles sculpture away from the obstreperousness and soullessness of minimalism to create work with spirit, joy, and internal animation. Once more, sculpture gives as much as it receives.

- James Panero, "Gallery Chronicle," The New Criterion, vol. 21, no. 10, June, 2003