Sold for:
$12,300
$12,300
Red Grooms (American, b. 1937) The Great Transaction (In Two Parts) Signed and dated "Red Grooms/75-81" on the base of the figure on the far right, titled, dated, and inscribed "The Great Transition/1981/Red Grooms/..." on a plywood plaque. Mixed media sculpture, height to 78 in. (198 cm), base 138 x 33 1/2 in. (350.5 x 85.1 cm). Condition: Part of the platform on the right side has been replaced. N.B. This work depicts the historic sale of the island of Manhattan, probably by the Lenape people, to Peter Minuit and a group of Dutch colonials on May 24, 1626.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-09-11
