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Lee Bontecou

Artist
Lee Bontecou
(American, 1931 – 2022)
Title
Bird
Date
1958
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
21 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 31 in. overall
Credit
Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection
Accession No.
2012.54.6.1
Classification
Sculpture
Geography
United States

Related

3 June 1960, sold from the artist, Lee Bontecou, by Leo Castelli, Inc. (New York, NY) to Terese and Alvin S. Lane (New Rochelle, NY); 13 December 2007, deposited on long-term loan to the Chazen Museum of Art; 2012, bequeathed to the Chazen Museum of Art

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection: Twentieth-Century Sculpture and Sculptors' Works on Paper." Madison, WI: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1995. cat. no. 6.1
  • University of Wisconsin Foundation. "2007 University of Wisconsin Foundation Annual Report on Stewardship." Madison: UW Foundation, 2007. p. 29
  • Museum of Contemporary Art. "Lee Bontecou." Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1972. illus.
  • Judd, Donald. "Lee Bontecou." Arts Magazine 39, No. 7 (April 1965). p. 19
  • Robbins, Daniel. "Continuity and Change at Hartford." Art International 6, no. 8 (Oct. 25, 1962). p. 64
  • Wadsworth Atheneum. "Continuity and Change." Hartford, Conn.: Wadsworth Atheneum, 1962. p. 10, cat. no. 14
  • Art in America. "New Talent USA." Art in America 49, no. 1, 1961. p. 36

  • In the Studio: Chazen Museum of Art, 6/1/2019–8/11/2019
  • Modernist Sculpture: The Terese & Alvin S. Lane Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/19/2008–9/28/2008
  • Lee Bontecou 1958-1972: Leo Castelli, 10/21/1999–11/24/1999
  • Lane Collection, The: Twentieth-Century Sculpture and Sculptors' Works on Paper: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 9/30/1995–12/3/1995
  • Lee Bontecou: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 3/25/1972–5/7/1972
  • Continuity and Change: Wadsworth Atheneum, 4/11/1962–5/27/1962

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