NANCY SPERO | THE EMBRACE
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March 7, 05:14 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
NANCY SPERO
b.1926
THE EMBRACE
signed, titled and dated 62 on the reverse
oil on canvas
51¾ by 81 in. (131.5 by 205.8 cm.)
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, and Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse and Onondaga, New York, Nancy Spero: Works Since 1950, November 1987 - August 1988
Via her work, Nancy Spero continuously engaged in contemporary political, social and cultural concerns. She chronicled themes ranging from wars and apocalyptic violence to visions of ecstatic birth and the celebratory cycles of life. She was a frequent collaborator with her husband, the artist Leon Golub.