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(2pc) DORTHY MURIEL GILLESPIE (1920-2012)
Estimate:
$500 - $800
Sold
$375
Live Auction
Spring Estates Auction | March 2024
Category
Description
Polychromed ribbons
Enamel on aluminum
h. 9-1/2 in. (smallest)
Three-dimensional abstract sculptures, both signed, the larger one with a label on verso: "Sky Dance, 1995"

overall: l. 34 in. (largest)

From Roanoke, Virginia, Dorothy Gillespie's installations often include "polycolored spirals of mylar, aluminum and steel that spring off walls and unfurl down staircases, creating a festival atmosphere." In 2006, the Boca Raton Museum of Art held a solo exhibition featuring Gillespie's work.
Provenance
By descent through the family of an important South Salem, NY collector