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Lynda Benglis (b. 1941)
Lot 113Female Artists from an Important American Collection

Lynda Benglis (b. 1941)

Argonauta

Fermé7 October 2020

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USD 225,000

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Lynda Benglis (b. 1941)
Argonauta
signed and titled 'LYNDA BENGLIS "ARGONAUTA"' (on the reverse)
gold leaf, gesso, Hydrocal, oil base size and brass wire mesh
35 ½ x 34 x 2 in. (90.2 x 86.4 x 5.1 cm.)
Executed in 1980.

Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Private collection, New York, 1980
Anon. sale; Sotheby's Arcade, New York, 7 November 1997, lot 464
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Note du spécialiste


My work is all about drawing, as well as volume, or lack of volume, or air. A lot of the forms I have done are vessels that are containing something, or not containing something, and are living and breathing.
—Lynda Benglis