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    20th Century Art (Day Sale)

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    10 May 2000

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    • Lucas Samaras (b. 1936)
    Lot 688

    Lucas Samaras (b. 1936)

    Reconstruction #78

    Price realised

    USD 8,225

    Estimate

    USD 7,000 - USD 10,000

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    Lucas Samaras (b. 1936)
    Reconstruction #78
    sewn fabric
    64 x 60 in. (162.5 x 152.4 cm.)
    Executed in 1979

    Provenance

    The Pace Gallery, New York.
    Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1979-1980.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Exhibited

    La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, A Contemporary Collection on loan from the Rothschild Bank AG, Zurich, February-April 1983, p. 37 (illustrated in color).


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