Leonardo Drew
Number 372
Lot closes
June 7, 03:14:00 AM GMT
Estimate
45,000 - 60,000 USD
Current Bid
25,000 USD
1 Bid
Reserve met
Lot Details
Description
Leonardo Drew
b. 1961
Number 372
Executed in 2023.
Wood, cotton, plaster, and paint
30 1/2 x 31 x 8 in. (77.5 × 78.4 × 20.3 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
Leonardo Drew (b. 1961, Tallahassee, FL; lives in Brooklyn, NY) is a sculptor who highlights natural processes of weathering, burning, oxidation, and decay in his transformed raw materials. Adopting the geometric form of a minimalist grid, this work showcases Drew’s maximalist approach to materiality, highlighting the contrasts between wood, cotton, plaster, and paint. Drew was elected a National Academician by the National Academy of Design. Recent solo exhibitions have been organized by the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX; Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT; de Young Museum, San Francisco; Eskenazi Museum of Art, Bloomington, IN; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh; and the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson.