LOT DETAILS

Materials:

steel, wood, wire and canvas construction

Measurements:

63.50 in. (161.30 cm.) (height) by 110.98 in. (281.90 cm.) (width) by 20.00 in. (50.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'BONTECOU' (lower right)

Exhibited:

New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Lee Bontecou, November-December 1962. Kassel, Documenta III, June-October 1964, p. 325, no. 3. Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, 54th Carnegie International, October 2004-March 2005, p. 73, no. 3 (illustrated in color).

Literature:

D. Ashton, "Illusion and Fantasy: Lee Magica fantasia di Lee," Metro 8, April 1963, p. 31, figs. 6 and 7 (illustrated). Leo Castelli: Ten Years, exh. cat., New York, 1967, n.p. (illustrated).

Provenance:

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Schweber, Great Neck. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1974.