Lot 244: RUBENS GERCHMAN (B. 1942)

painted aluminum (5 elements)

Condition Note: The sculpture is in fair condition overall. There are surface scratches and paint losses on the five elements mainly due to handling. There are dirt and stains on the surface of the five elements.

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Executed in 1969

15 3/4 by 7 7/8 by 2 in.<br><br>40 by 20 by 5 cm (installation dimensions variable)

Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York, 1970; Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Caminhos do Contemporaneo, 2002, p. 162, illustrated

Roberto Pontual, Dicionário das Artes Plasticas do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, 1969, illustrated; Wilson Coutinho, Gerchman, Editora Saramandra, Rio de Janeiro, 1989, p. 38, illustrated in color; Ana Maria Escallón and Damián Bayón, Rubens Gerchman, Rio de Janeiro, 1994, p. 52, illustrated in color

Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York; Galerie 1900-2000, Paris; Estudio Guanabara, Rio de Janeiro; Private Collection, Rio de Janeiro