Untitled, 1989

Details

Judith Scott (1943-2005)
Untitled, 1989
yarn over mixed media supports
25 in. high, 33 in. wide, 18 in. deep

Provenance

Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York
William Louis-Dreyfus, Mount Kisco, New York, 2002 (acquired from the above)
Gift of the above to The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, 2015

Literature

Lynne Cooke et al., Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos (New York, 2012), p. 151.
Lynne Cooke et al., Outliers and American Vanguard Art (Washington D.C. and Chicago, 2018), pl. 177.

Exhibited

Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía; New York, New Museum; London, Serpentine Gallery, Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos, 23 May - 24 September 2012 (Madrid), 24 October 2012 - 20 January 2013 (New York), 13 February - 7 April 2013 (London).
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Outliers and American Vanguard Art, 28 January - 13 May 2018.

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Lot Essay

Fiber artist Judith Scott is renowned for her intricately wrapped sculptures that transform everyday found objects into cocoon-like, abstracted forms. Delicately and carefully enveloping her chosen supports with layers of yarn, cloth and other fibers, Scott’s sculptures reveal a painstakingly caring and laborious process through which she engaged with and interpreted the world around her. Born with Down Syndrome, the artist lost her hearing early in life, and artmaking became her main method of communication and her legacy.

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