Chryssa

The Automat

Monumental Item

Auction Closed

September 27, 03:01 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection

Chryssa

1933 - 2013

The Automat

neon construction in Plexiglas

67 ½ by 68 ½ by 20 in.

171.5 by 174 by 50.8 cm.

Executed in 1971-72.

Please note that this lot will not be available for collection before 31 October 2024; as a result, the buyer will not be invoiced for payment until that date.

Harry N. Abrams, New York (acquired directly from the artist in August 1972)

Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner

Sam Hunter, Chryssa, New York 1974, p. 13, illustrated and p. 68, illustrated in color (dated 1971)

Pierre Restany, Chryssa, New York 1977, pl. 52, p. 94, illustrated in color, pp. 77-78 (text), pl. 175-176, pp. 232-233, illustrated in color (and illustrated in color on the cover)

Exh. Cat., New York, Dia Chelsea; Houston, Menil Collection; Chicago, Wrightwood 659, Chryssa & New York, March 2023 - August 2024, p. 24 and 78, illustrated in color

New York, Galerie Denise René, Chryssa, April - May 1973

Philadelphia, The Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pop/Abstraction, February - April 1998