Lot 280
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Nancy Grossman (b. 1940)
Nancy Grossman (b. 1940)

Leather Head

Details
Nancy Grossman (b. 1940)
Leather Head
signed with the artist's initials and dated with nail heads 'NG 68' (on the underside of the large element)
wood, leather, metal and enamel, in two parts
overall: 17 x 8 x 8 ½ in. (43.2 x 20.3 x 21.6 cm.)
Executed in 1968.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, circa 1972

Lot Essay

   “While Grossman regularly refers to the heads as self-portraits, they are not made to resemble the artist herself. They speak to the malice and subservience of both psychology and worldly conflict…The life-size sculptures are startling for what they obscure as much as for what they expose.” (Nancy Grossman: Heads, MoMA PS1, May-August 2001)

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