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Price realised USD 189,000

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LEE BONTECOU (1931-2022)

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Price realised USD 189,000

Closed: 18 Nov 2022

Price realised USD 189,000

Closed: 18 Nov 2022

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LEE BONTECOU (1931-2022)
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signed and dated 'Bontecou 1969-2006' (lower right)
silver pencil, white charcoal and graphite on paper
24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.)
Executed in 1969-2006.

Hauser & Wirth
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2013

Zürich, Hauser & Wirth, Lee Bontecou Works on Paper, June-July 2013.

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Lot Essay

“The powerful pictoriality of Bontecou’s drawings catapults the viewer into fantastical atmospheres and ecosystems. In so doing, they circumvent, if not threaten, crucial (particularly modernist) frameworks with liberated aplomb. Their importance lies not only in their unique engagement of illusionism but also in their visualizations of quixotic, alternative worlds that propose new ways of seeing and understanding our own physical world” (M. White, “Lee Bontecou’s Drawn Worlds,” Houston, 2014, p. 19).

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