Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection | Online Sale

Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection | Online Sale

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Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection

Larry Bell

"Desk de Lux I"

Lot Closed

September 30, 05:05 PM GMT

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 USD

Lot Details

Description

Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection

Larry Bell

b. 1939

 

Desk de Lux I

with an engraved label DE LUX DESK I / No. 2 / 10/12/81 Larry Bell

model no. 1

walnut, Carpathian elm burl, Makore, ivorine

29 by 90 ¼ by 28 ¾ in.

73.6 by 229.3 by 72.8 cm.

Executed circa 1981, this work is number 2 from an edition of 25, of which only 2 were realized.

Acquired directly from the artist in 1980 by the present owner

Athens, Ohio, Ohio University, Trisolini Gallery, Larry Bell: Recent Works, October – November 1981

Detroit Institute of Arts, Larry Bell: New York, October - December 1982

The Albuquerque Museum, Zones of Experience: the Art of Larry Bell, February - May 1997, pp. 37 and 95 (present example illustrated)