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Modern + Design Auction

Thu, Apr 21, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 245

Christopher Mallory Wilmarth Sculpture

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(New York/California, 1943-1987)

Black Blue, 1979, signed on steel base "Christopher Wilmarth" and titled and dated, steel and curved etched glass, 24-1/2 x 27-1/2 x 7-1/2 in.

Note: Wilmarth's steel and glass sculptures from this period have achieved as much as $224,000 at auction.

For a similar but larger work see: Christie's New York, November 13, 2014, lot 283 which sold for $87,5000 (with premium).

Provenance: Private Georgia Collection

Condition

crack in glass

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