Live Auction 16979Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session
Deborah Butterfield (b. 1949)
Lot 921 Property from a Private Midwest Collection

Deborah Butterfield (b. 1949)

Kukuni

Closed16 May 2019

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USD 162,500

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Deborah Butterfield (b. 1949)
Kukuni
incised with the date and foundry name '© 2010 WWFO' (on the underside)
bronze
37 ¼ x 47 x 13 in. (94.6 x 119.4 x 33 cm.)
Executed in 2010. This work is unique.

Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

"I’m trying to get the viewer to project himself or herself into the form of the horse. I want people to actually be able to crawl into that shape and inhabit it, and to perceive in a different way." – Deborah Butterfield