Lot 106
  • 106

Donald De Lue

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Donald De Lue
  • The Rocket Thrower
  • inscribed Delue © and stamped with the Modern Art FDRY NY foundry mark

  • bronze, brownish green patina
  • Height: 58 1/2 in. (148.6 cm.)

Provenance

Jonathan Swartz and Charles Cohen, New  York (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

D. Roger Howlett, The Sculpture of Donald DeLue:  Gods, Prophets and Heroes, Boston, 1990, pp. 102-106, 110-111, illustrated (other examples)

Condition

The work is in overall good condition; some scrapes and vertigis on the base. The patina is somewhat mottled and worn.
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