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    • John Chamberlain (b. 1927)
    Lot 618

    John Chamberlain (b. 1927)

    Untitled No. 1

    Price realised

    USD 325,000

    Estimate

    USD 250,000 - USD 350,000

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    John Chamberlain (b. 1927)
    Untitled No. 1
    signed, titled and dated 'Chamberlain '60 #1' (on the reverse)
    wall relief--painted chromium-plated steel on board
    13 x 12¾ x 5½ in. (33 x 32.4 x 14 cm.)
    Executed in 1960.

    Provenance

    Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
    Collection of Mrs. Kalver, 1961

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    Literature and exhibited

    Exhibited

    New York, Allan Stone Gallery, John Chamberlain Early Works, October-December 2003, no. 11 (illustrated in color).


    Lot Essay

    "The early colored sculptures came about when I ran out of the material I'd been working with before, iron rod. This was in 1957 or 1958. Then, all of a sudden, it occurred to me one day that all this material was just lying all oover the place. I saw the material as other people's idea of waste."
    John Chamberlain

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