Auction 60 · Lot 473
Sacrifice of Abraham. Figural sculpture. Bronze. 15 x 9 x 2 inches.
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
BRUNO LUCCHESI.
Place
Italian, (1926-)
summary
Lucchesi was born in 1926 in Lucca, Italy and attended the Art Institute of Lucca. In 1959 he moved to New York City and by the 1960’s he was exhibiting at the Forum Gallery and the Whitney Museum. He taught at the New School for Social Research and National Academy of Design where he became an associate member in 1965. Lucchesi received a Guggenheim Fellowship and gold medals from the National Academy and National Sculpture Society. His works are in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of the City of New York and the Brooklyn Museum, as well as Museums in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and Dallas, among others.
Provenance: Purchased from the Forum Gallery, 1967.