Mark di Suvero - Yayoi's Guitar, Eindhoven-Venice, Richard Bellamy, 1971

Mark di Suvero
Yayoi's Guitar, Eindhoven-Venice for Richard Bellamy
Black ink wash on paper
Signed on the front and back; titled on the front and annotated on the back
Richard Bellamy was di Suvero's longtime dealer. When the Green Gallery closed Bellamy moved into the Noah Goldowsky Gallery (1965–1974) on the upper East Side. This work was originally sold by Noah Goldowsky Gallery and had the original label on the verso
It has been newly framed in a museum quality wood frame under UV plexiglass.
Signed and titled on the front; signed, dated and annotated on the back. There is a die-cut plexiglass window in the back of the frame to reveal the above text.
Measurements:
Framed
23 inches (vertical) by 16.5 inches (horizontal) by 1.25 inches
Drawing
17 by 10.5

About Mark di Suvero:
Born in China to Italian parents, Mark di Suvero (b. 1933, Shanghai) immigrated to the U.S. as a child aged eight. An internationally renowned artist and pioneer in the use of steel, di Suvero has created vibrant and dynamic works of sculpture and painting throughout his sixty-year career, fusing vitality and movement with complex construction. His work has been shown consistently in galleries and museums worldwide including exhibitions of outdoor sculpture in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and a number of cities in the United States. In 2023, the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas opened a major exhibition of di Suvero’s work. Public citywide shows have taken place in Paris, France; Venice, Italy; and New York City. Permanent installations of di Suvero’s sculpture are in Baltimore, Dallas, Grand Rapids, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, St. Louis, San Francisco, South Bend, and Toledo. In New York, di Suvero’s work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Storm King Art Center (Mountainville, NY). Di Suvero founded Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, New York, in 1985. It became a public city park in 1998.

- Courtesy of Paula Cooper Gallery