Lot Essay
This lot appears in Claudio Bravo's painting Vanitas, 1981 and Lingam, 1975 (P. Bowels and M. Vargas Llosa, Claudio Bravo Pinturas y Dibujos, Madrid, 1996, pp. 94-95 and E. J. Sullivan, Claudio Bravo, New York, 1985). A comparable sandstone lingam was sold from the Doris Wiener Collection at Christie's, New York, 20 March 2012, lot 166.