Lenore Tawney

Lot 139: Lenore Tawney (1907-2007)

Name: Lenore Tawney (1907-2007)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 233d15f1c2

Est: $60,000 USD - $80,000 USD

Christie'sNew York, NY, USMay 12, 2011

Item Overview

Description

Lenore Tawney (1907-2007)
Inside the Earth, a Mountain
hanging sculpture--linen
103 x 16½ x 2¾ in. (261.6 x 41.9 x 6.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1965.

Artist or Maker

Lenore Tawney

Exhibited

New York, American Craft Museum; Art Institute of Chicago and Washington, D.C., Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Lenore Tawney: A Retrospective, April 1990-July 1991, pp. 59 and 145, no. 27 (illustrated).

Notes

Property from the Collection of Lenore G. Tawney to Benefit the Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

Lenore Tawney (1907-2007)
Inside the Earth, a Mountain
hanging sculpture--linen
103 x 16½ x 2¾ in. (261.6 x 41.9 x 6.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1965.

Auction Details

Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session

Christie's

May 12, 2011, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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