Lot 318
  • 318

Lynda Benglis

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Lynda Benglis
  • Gugarut
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated '80 on the reverse
  • acrylic and embroidery thread on cast colored paper pulp
  • 49 by 36 by 6 in. 124.5 by 91.4 by 15.2 cm.
  • Framed: 57 by 46 1/2 by 8 in. 144.8 by 118.1 by 20.3 cm.
  • Executed in 1980, this work is unique.

Provenance

Experimental Printmaking, San Francisco
Private Collection, San Francisco (acquired from the above in 1980)
Private Collection, Los Angeles

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The work is in high relief and is affixed to canvas covered wood backing. The exterior edges of the composition are deckled. There are a few embroidery threads that are lifting slightly, but remain intact. Framed in a Plexiglas box frame.
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