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THE ARTHUR AND ANITA KAHN COLLECTION: A NEW YORK STORY
IBRAM LASSAW (1913-2003)
Varuna
signed, titled and dated 'VARUNA 1985 LASSAW' (on the edge of the thickest element)
bronze, steel, nickel-silver and silicon-bronze
22 ⅛ x 16 ½ x 14 ½ in. (56.2 x 42 x 36.8 cm.)
Executed in 1984.

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

LITERATURE
Ibram Lassaw Space Explorations A Retrospective Survey 1929-1988, exh. cat., East Hampton, Guild Hall Museum, 1988, pl. 23, no. 36 (illustrated).

EXHIBITED
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, 20th Century Sculpture, March - May 1999, p. 53 (illustrated in color).
Matera, Museo della Scultura Contemporanea, Ibram Lassaw Opere dal 1927 al 2003, June-October 2008, no. 72, p. 105 (illustrated in color).
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