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Modern + Contemporary + Design | October 13, 2022

Thu, Oct 13, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 49

Myron Melnick

Estimate: $200 - $400

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

(American, born 1953)

Formerly Unknown Existence, signed and dated on back "Melnick 1992", burnished clay, hand cast paper, and natural pigments, 4-1/8 x 32-1/8 in.

Note: Melnick started to experiment with paper in the late 1970s: "I was making these thin ceramic plates, and they were a little too fragile sometimes, and someone gave me some paper pulp and I made some plates, and they took me a long time to finish. I rubbed some ceramic materials into the paper, and it stuck to the paper, and it was rich, and I was thinking, this is the way to go." Thus began Melnick's nearly thirty-year career working with paper, either cast into sculptural forms or providing the basis for his monotypes. .

Provenance: Handcrafters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Private Collection, New York

Condition

scattered fraying and flaking at edges, surface dust