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Lot 584 Property from an Important American Collection
De Wain Valentine (B. 1936)
Untitled (Circle)
Closed18 May 2017
Price Realised
USD 52,500
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Specialist note
“I had an early fascination for rocks and gems…I guess I was always interested in that kind of transparent colored space. The outside surface of a jewel is stunning, of course, but I was always mesmerized by the inside, the light coming from beyond.”
De Wain Valentine quoted in ‘Conversation with De Wain Valentine’ in From Start to Finish: De Wain Valentine’s Gray Column, Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, 2011, p. 6.
De Wain Valentine quoted in ‘Conversation with De Wain Valentine’ in From Start to Finish: De Wain Valentine’s Gray Column, Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, 2011, p. 6.