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A Rare Sculpture Front Screen by 
																	Dorsey Reading

Paul Evans

( American, 1931 - 1987 )

A Rare Sculpture Front Screen

Dorsey Reading

( American, 1942 )

A Rare Sculpture Front Screen

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Materials:

lacquered and gilt steel, brass

Size Notes:

overall

Description:

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Markings:

with welded signature Paul Evans 69 and Dorsey Reading's fabrication mark

Exhibited:

Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design , The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, October 12, 2011-January 15, 2012. Paul Evans: Crossing Boundaries and Crafting Modernism, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, March 1, 2014-June 1, 2014 and Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, June 21-October 12, 2014

Literature:

Jeannine Falino,. Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design , exh. cat., The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, 2011, p. 22, no. 10 (for the present lot illustrated). Constance Kimmerle, ed., . Paul Evans: Crossing Boundaries and Crafting Modernism , exh. cat., Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 2014, pp. 152-153, no. 30 (for the present lot illustrated

Provenance:

Private Collection of Dorsey Reading, head fabricator of Paul Evans Studio, New Hope, Pennsylvania. Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey, February 15, 2015, lot 1028. Acquired from the above by the present owner

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