Marisol

Face Behind a Mask

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September 30, 04:02 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection

Marisol

1930 - 2016

Face Behind a Mask

signed and dated 1961 (lower right)

colored pencil on paper with molded plaster in wood shadowbox

16 ⅝ by 12 ⅝ by 3 ½ in.

41.6 by 31.4 by 8.9 cm.

Executed in 1961.

Please note, this work has been requested for inclusion in the ongoing exhibition, Marisol: A Retrospective, held at the Dallas Museum of Art from 23 February - 6 July 2025.

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York

Harry N. Abrams, New York (acquired from the above)

Nina Abrams, New York (acquired by descent from the above)

Phillips New York, 7 April 2010, lot 114 (consigned by the estate of the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Maya Ruel, "The Inimitable Artwork of Marisol," The Concordian, 7 November 2023 (online)

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Toledo Museum of Art, Marisol: A Retrospective, October 2023 - June 2024, fig. 50, p. 53, illustrated in color and p. 50