Lot 116
  • 116

RICHARD TUTTLE | Untitled

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Richard Tuttle
  • Untitled
  • wood, acrylic, paper, staples, foil and styrofoam, in 3 parts
  • i. 15 by 9 1/4 by 2 1/4 in. 38.1 by 23.5 by 5.7 cm. ii. 9 1/4 by 8 7/8 by 2 1/4 in. 23.5 by 22.4 by 5.7 cm.
  • iii. 16 1/2 by 5 3/4 by 2 1/4 in. 41.9 by 14.6 by 5.7 cm.
  • Executed in 1983.

Provenance

Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1995

Exhibited

Art Institute of Chicago, The Judith Neisser Collection: Minimal and Postminimal Innovation, February - May 2011, p. 145, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There is evidence of wear and handling along the edges. The variations in surface texture and paint application are inherent to the artist's working method and chosen media. There is light surface soiling to each element, and faint pinpoint spot accretions visible in the paper used in the blue and yellow element. Under very close inspection, a few scattered and unobtrusive surface abrasions are visible on the black element. The adhesive putty adhering the different elements of the work together has list some of its tackiness in some areas, particularly where the outer shell of the grey element meets the Styrofoam armature.
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