Live Auction 13892Post-War & Contemporary Art
Hannah Wilke (1940-1993)
Lot 59 The Collection of Les Wollam

Hannah Wilke (1940-1993)

Vermont

Closed28 September 2017

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USD 22,500

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Hannah Wilke (1940-1993)
Vermont
signed and dated 'Wilke 75' (lower right)
kneaded erasers and postcard mounted on painted panel in Plexiglas box
15 7/8 x 17 7/8 x 2 5/8 in. (40.3 x 45.4 x 6.7 cm.)
Executed in 1975.

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Specialist note

In addition to the S.O.S. (Starification Object Series), Les Wollam also acquired a small postcard covered in kneaded-eraser forms that take the look of rolling hills upon a verdant green landscape from Hannah Wilke. Titled Vermont, the work illustrates Wilke’s interest in the symbolism of woman as life-giving nurturer as related to the earth goddess Gaia while also demonstrating a foreshadowing for postmodernism’s interplay of text and image.