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Dimensions: measurements 55 by 55 by 42 1/2 in. alternate measurements 139.7 by 139.7 by 107.8 cm.
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Provenance: Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Martin Z. Margulies, Miami (acquired from the above in 1981)
Sotheby's, New York, May 3, 1993, lot 55
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
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Exhibited:
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Artists and Artistes by Marisol , 1981, catalogue no. 9
The Hakone Open Air Museum, Marisol , 20 May - 25 June, 1995; this exhibition traveled to Shiga, The Museum of Modern Art; Iwai City Art Museum; Fukushima, Kagoshima City Museum of Art (illustrated on the cover of the catalogue)
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Literature: Contemporary Sculpture from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Coconut Grove, 1986, page 82, illustrated
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Notes: Executed in 1980.
PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTOR
Many of Marisol's sculptures are life-size (or nearly so) portrayals of famous personalities, infused with a sardonic wit which is almost never cruel. Some of her other 'sitters' are also artists: Picasso, de Kooning and Magritte; there is another sculptural portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe, in which she sits, on a tree trunk, with two large dogs. The combination of materials in these sculptures (both worked and in 'found' condition') is so ingenious, that one might overlook how effectively mimetic the portrayals really are.
