Palm Beach Modern Auctions
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Modern Art & Design

Sat, Jun 2, 2018 12:00PM EDT
Lot 274

Barton Lidice Benes IBIS HANGER Mixed Media Work

Estimate: $750 - $1,250

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Work is titled IBIS HANGER. Barton Lidice Benes is known for his provocative, symbolic mixed media assemblage made from materials such as paper currency, biological materials and celebrity ephemera, with significant pieces relating to the AIDS epidemic. In the introduction to "Curiosa: Celebrity Relics, Historical Fossils, & Other Metamorphic Rubbish," John Berendt discusses Benes' works of this nature. "With some of the relics, the best in my opinion, he goes one step further and creates a shape that symbolizes the relic itself in some way. He calls this series TRANSUBSTANTIATION" (Benes pg. 15). Lot is accompanied by a printed copy of the New York Times article dated 4.5.1992, for which the consignor was interviewed about his extensive collection of Benes' works.
Provenance: Collection of Mr. Steven Brier, Miami, Florida.
Designer & Manufacturer: Barton Lidice Benes (1942-2012)
Markings: signed; 1986
Country of Origin & Materials: American; metal, paper, Plexiglass
Dimensions(H,W,D): 18.75"h, 36.5"w, 1.75"d

Condition

very good, some loose granular material within case (possibly artist's intention)
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