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Article: Lee Bontecou at Leo Castelli.(Brief Article)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- February 1, 2000
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During the 1960s and early '70s, the work of American artist Lee Bontecou (b. 1931) was widely exhibited, praised and collected. Hailed as one of the most promising young sculptors of her generation, Bontecou created a unique and important body of work that stood somewhat apart from the major currents of that time and is relatively little known today. The recent exhibition of sculpture and drawings at Castelli Gallery reintroduced her art of the period 1958-72. The show included several of her signature wall constructions and, unexpectedly, a number of less familiar (though no less extraordinary) works: an early bronze sculpture, a portfolio of six etchings and aquatints, ...
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