Lot 476
  • 476

Brenda Miller (b. 1941)

Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
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Description

  • Brenda Miller (b. 1941)
  • Study for Collapsed Grid, 1980; Study for Half-Rectangular Unsolid, 1981 [Two Works]
  • Pencil and blue pencil; colored pencil, pencil and pen and ink
  • Each sheet: 23 by 35 in. (58.4 by 88.9 cm.); Each framed: 24 3/4 by 36 3/4 in. (62.9 by 93.3 cm.)
  • Executed in 1980 and 1981 respectively, these works are studies for the realized sculptures 'Collapsed Grid' (1980) and 'Half-Rectangular Unsolid' (1981).
i. graphite and colored pencil on paper; signed, titled and dated '1980'
ii. ink, graphite and colored pencil on paper; signed, titled and dated '1981' 

Provenance

i. Sperone Westwater Fischer, Inc., New York
Collection of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
Acquired from the above by the present owner
ii. Collection of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Vancouver Art Gallery; Calgary, The Nickle Arts Museum; New York, Seagram Building; Ontario, London Regional Art Gallery, 'Drawings by Sculptors: Two Decades of Non-Objective Art in the Seagram Collection,' May 1984 - June 1985, i. illustrated, p.47.

Condition

i. This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged intermittently along the reverse of the upper edge to the backing board. There is a slight undulation to the sheet. There are faint, scattered handling marks and pinpoint accretions throughout the sheet. Framed under Plexiglas. ii. This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged intermittently along the reverse of the upper edge to the backing board. There is a slight undulation to the sheet. There are faint, scattered handling marks and pinpoint accretions throughout the sheet. There are small tears to the upper corners and lower edge, visible upon close inspection. Framed under Plexiglas.
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