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Chryssa Vardea-MavromichaliU.S.A., Neon Light Box Sculpture by Chryssa, 19621962
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This is a unique neon sculpture in plexi-box with stand. It is the very first completed Neon Sculpture by the famed sculptor and referenced in the monograph "Chryssa" by Pierre Restany. Chryssa, a Greek-born American sculptor who in the 1960s was one of the first people to transform neon lighting from an advertising vehicle into a fine art medium. A builder of large-scale assemblages in a wide range of materials — bronze, aluminum, plaster, wood, canvas, paint, found objects and, in the case of neon, light itself — Chryssa, whose work prefigured Minimalism and Pop Art, was considered a significant presence on the American art scene in the ’60s and ’70s. Exhibited widely in the United States in those years, her art is in the collections of major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington.
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013)
Title: USA, First Preparartory Work For a Neon Box
Year: 1962
Medium: Neon and Plexiglass
Top Size: 31 x 30 x 30 inches
Base Size: 12 x 24 x 24 inches
Total Size: 43 x 30 x 30 inches
Reference: Fig. 117-118 in "Chryssa", by Pierre Restany
- Creator:Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali (1933 - 2013, Greek)
- Creation Year:1962
- Dimensions:Height: 43 in (109.22 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)Depth: 30 in (76.2 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Long Island City, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU4665252812
Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Chryssa, (born Chryssa Vardea Mavomichali) is best known for her "Luminist" sculpture in brilliantly colored neon tubing, was born in Greece and now ranks as one of the outstanding and innovative artists in America today. Chryssa has had individual and collective exhibition shows at the Museum of Modern Art, The Guggenheim, The Whitney -New York. Harvard University; Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania; Carnegie Institute among many others.
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