Lot 479
  • 479

Don Gummer (b. 1946)

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Don Gummer (b. 1946)
  • Study for Spiral Crown, 1978
  • graphite, colored pencil, ink and tape on tracing paper
  • Sheet: 27 1/2 by 31 3/4 in. (69.9 by 80.7 cm.); Framed: 30 1/2 by 35 in. (77.5 by 88.9 cm.)
  • Executed in 1982, this work is a study for realized sculpture 'Spiral Crown' (1982).
graphite, colored pencil, ink and tape on tracing paper; signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'May - Aug 1982'

Provenance

Collection of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
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

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The sheet is hinged intermittently along the reverse to the backing board. The edges of the sheet are uneven. There are tears along the edges of the sheet, most significantly in the corners. The passages by the tape are discolored. There are creases, accretions and handling marks throughout. Framed under glass.
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