LOT DETAILS

Materials:

fabric, thread yarn, scissors, spools, pins, wire, found metal and wooden objects, cardboard, ceramic and thimble in painted wicker baskets

Measurements:

46.50 in. (118.10 cm.) (height) by 27.01 in. (68.60 cm.) (width) by 14.02 in. (35.60 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

New York, Jay Gorney Modern Art, Charles LeDray, April-May 1996. Stamford, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, As Time Goes By: History, Memory and the Sentimental, June-August 1997, pp. 8 and 13 (illustrated). New York, Zwirner & Wirth, Contemporary Sculpture from a Private Collection, September-October 2006, n.p. (illustrated).

Literature:

R. Smith, "Charles LeDray," New York Times, 12 April 1996, C28. P. Schjeldahl, "No Kidding," Village Voice, 23 April 1996, p. 91. J. Weinstein, "Tender Buttons," Artforum, Summer 1996, p. 89. L. O'Connell, "As Time Goes By," The Sunday Advocate, Stamford, col. 160, no. 66, 15 June 1997, p. D3 (illustrated). G. Glueck, "In Connecticut: Recent Nauman, Sentimental Memories and Black Culture," New York Times, 18 July 1997, p. L10. W. Zimmer, "Yes, There Does Exist a Place for the Sheerest of Sentiment," New York Times, 27 July 1997, p. 14. Charles LeDray: Sculpture 1989-2002, exh. cat., Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, 2002, n.p. (illustrated).

Provenance:

Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1993