John Chamberlain (b. 1927)
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John Chamberlain (b. 1927)

Bags Down/Bags Down II

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John Chamberlain (b. 1927)
Bags Down/Bags Down II
painted and chromium-plated steel
37 x 35 x 28in. (94 x 88.9 x 71.1cm.)
Originally executed in 1964, this work was reconfigured by the artist in 1973
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.
Lo Giudice Gallery, Chicago.
Hugh Hefner, Playboy Lake Geneva Resort (1968).
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner.
Literature
J. Sylvester, John Chamberlain: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Sculptures 1954-1985, New York 1986, no. 182, p. 81 (the original configuration illustrated).
Exhibited
Pasadena, Pasadena Art Museum, New American Sculpture, February-March 1964, no. 10 (exhibited in the original configuration). New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, John Chamberlain, April 1964 (exhibited in the original configuration).
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