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Art is Art: Works from the Personal Collection of Wendy Al and Billy Al Bengston
H. C. WESTERMANN (1922-1981)
Billy Al 67X
Details
H. C. WESTERMANN (1922-1981)
Billy Al 67X
stamped with the artist's name, inscription and date 'H. C. WESTERMANN CONN 1970' (right side); stamped with the title and dedication 'BILLY AL 67 X FROM CLIFF' (left side);
sugar pine, vermillion and brass
open: 10 x 13 ¾ x 20 1⁄8 in. (25.4 x 34.9 x 51.1 cm.)
closed: 12 ½ x 13 ¾ x 9 7⁄8 in. (31.8 x 34.9 x 25.1 cm.)
Executed in 1970.
Billy Al 67X
stamped with the artist's name, inscription and date 'H. C. WESTERMANN CONN 1970' (right side); stamped with the title and dedication 'BILLY AL 67 X FROM CLIFF' (left side);
sugar pine, vermillion and brass
open: 10 x 13 ¾ x 20 1⁄8 in. (25.4 x 34.9 x 51.1 cm.)
closed: 12 ½ x 13 ¾ x 9 7⁄8 in. (31.8 x 34.9 x 25.1 cm.)
Executed in 1970.
Provenance
Gift of the artist to the present owner, circa 1970
Literature
H. C. Westermann: Exhibition Catalogue and Catalogue Raisonné of Objects, exh. cat., Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2001, p. 319, no. 216 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Richmond Art Center, H. C. Westermann: West, September-November 1997, p. 84 (illustrated).
New York, Venus Over Manhattan, H. C. Westermann: See America First – Works from 1953-1980, November-January 2016, pp. 180-181 (illustrated).
New York, Venus Over Manhattan, H. C. Westermann: See America First – Works from 1953-1980, November-January 2016, pp. 180-181 (illustrated).
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Rachel Ng
Specialist, 20th Century Evening Sale
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