Agdistis IV

Details

Donald Hamilton Fraser (b. 1929)
Agdistis IV
signed and inscribed 'AGDISTIS IV HAMILTON FRASER' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
40 x 40 in. (106 x 106 cm.)
Painted in 1964.

Provenance

with Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, where purchased by the present owner in 1988.

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Lot Essay

Hamilton Fraser's interest in Greek mythology is explored in a series based on the myth of Agdistis.

A powerful hermaphroditic daemon representing neither good nor evil, Agdistis was considered to embody all the powers of creation and used these powers to wreak chaos and havoc.

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