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Lot 202 |The Bergman Collection
H. C. Westermann (1922-1981)
I'd Like to Live Here!
Closed14 May 2014
Price Realised
USD 118,750
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H. C. Westermann (1922-1981)
I'd Like to Live Here!
signed, titled and dated 'I'd like to live here! Westermann '55' (on the underside)
carved wood assemblage
16 x 7 x 7 in. (40.6 x 17.7 x 17.7 cm.)
Executed in 1955. This work is unique.
I'd Like to Live Here!
signed, titled and dated 'I'd like to live here! Westermann '55' (on the underside)
carved wood assemblage
16 x 7 x 7 in. (40.6 x 17.7 x 17.7 cm.)
Executed in 1955. This work is unique.
H. C. Westermann (1922-1981)
I'd Like to Live Here!
signed, titled and dated 'I'd like to live here! Westermann '55' (on the underside)
carved wood assemblage
16 x 7 x 7 in. (40.6 x 17.7 x 17.7 cm.)
Executed in 1955. This work is unique.
I'd Like to Live Here!
signed, titled and dated 'I'd like to live here! Westermann '55' (on the underside)
carved wood assemblage
16 x 7 x 7 in. (40.6 x 17.7 x 17.7 cm.)
Executed in 1955. This work is unique.
414 Art Workshop Gallery, Chicago
Allan Frumpkin Gallery, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1957
Allan Frumpkin Gallery, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1957
M. Rooks and L. Warren, H.C. Westermann: Exhibition Catalogue and Catlogue Raisonné of Objects, New York, 2001, p. 82, no. 3 (illustrated in color) and p. 217 (illustrated).
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art and Los Angeles County Museum, H.C. Westermann, January 1968-January 1969, pg. 15, no. 1 (illustrated).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; New Orleans Museum of Art; Des Moines Art Center; Seattle Art Museum, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, H.C. Westermann, May 1978-May 1979, p. 16 (illustrated).
Akron Art Museum, H.C. Westermann, January-March 1982.
Serpentine Gallery, London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Westermann at the Serpentine, November 1980-February 1981, no. 1 (illustrated). Philadelphia Art Alliance, Forms in Wood, April-May 1985.
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, and Houston, Menil Collection, H.C. Westermann, June 2001-January 2003, p. 190, no. 2.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; New Orleans Museum of Art; Des Moines Art Center; Seattle Art Museum, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, H.C. Westermann, May 1978-May 1979, p. 16 (illustrated).
Akron Art Museum, H.C. Westermann, January-March 1982.
Serpentine Gallery, London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Westermann at the Serpentine, November 1980-February 1981, no. 1 (illustrated). Philadelphia Art Alliance, Forms in Wood, April-May 1985.
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, and Houston, Menil Collection, H.C. Westermann, June 2001-January 2003, p. 190, no. 2.
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