JOHN CHAMBERLAIN | Untitled

Private Collection, Florida (acquired directly from the artist)

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. The scattered signs of wear, such as scratches, rust, and paint losses, are inherent to the nature of the found materials and the artist's process. The joins and welds all appear sound and secure. A superficial layer of dust has adhered to the surface in the deepest folds and crevices.
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"Chamberlain's welters of voluminous forms swell and furl, bend and fold, in and around a hollow spatial core, limning, demarcating, and ordering it contingently rather than absolutely, provisionally rather than fixedly. Without displacing this negative inner space with solid form they create a plastic art that remains resolutely porous and airy." Donald Judd, John Chamberlain: New Sculpture, New York 1989, p. 3