Auction Name: 2026 January 28 Tools at Play: The Hechinger Collection Modern & Contemporary Art Showcase Auction

Lot Number: 36022

Shortcut to Lot: HA.com/17228*36022

Lucas Samaras (1936-2024)
Brush, 1968
Screenprint in colors, die-cut and mounted, three-dimensional
4-3/4 x 2-1/4 inches (12.1 x 5.7 cm) (work)
Ed. 2/15
Initialed and editioned in pencil on upper right of brush handle

Property from the Hechinger Collection

EXHIBITED:
City Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri, (and elsewhere), "Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection," July 1, 2001-December 30, 2008;
Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida (and elsewhere), "ReTooled: Highlights from the Hechinger Collection," November 10, 2014-October 26, 2020;
Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, California, (and elsewhere), "Making Your Mark: Prints and Drawings from the Hechinger Collection," September 18, 2021-December 22, 2023.

LITERATURE:
P. Hamill, Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection, New York, 1995, frontispiece, illustrated.


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