Lot 257
Lot 257
EDWARD VALIGURSKY (1926-2009)

SPACE PORT

Price Realised USD 10,710
Estimate
USD 5,000 - USD 7,000
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EDWARD VALIGURSKY (1926-2009)

SPACE PORT

Price Realised USD 10,710
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Price Realised USD 10,710
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EDWARD VALIGURSKY (1926-2009)
SPACE PORT
signed VALIGURSKY (lower right)
gouache on board
1438 x 2238 in. (36.7 x 57 cm.) (sight)
Executed circa 1956.
Provenance
Norman Brosterman (b. 1952), New York.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 2001.
Literature
David A. Hardy, Visions of Space: Artists Journey Through the Cosmos (London, 1989), p. 18, illustrated.
Norman Brosterman, Out of Time: Designs for the 20th Century Future (New York, 2000), pp. 50, 52-53, illustrated.
Exhibited
Tacoma, Washington, Washington State Historical Society, Out of Time: Designs for the 20th Century Future, 11 November 2000-7 January 2001; also, Lansing, Michigan, Michigan Historical Museum, 27 January-25 March 2001; New York, New York Historical Society, 14 April-10 June 2001; Laramie, Wyoming, University of Wyoming Art Museum, 30 June-26 August 2001; Fargo, North Dakota, Plains Art Museum, 1 December 2001-27 January 2002; Springfield, Massachusetts, 5 October-1 December 2002.
Seattle, The Museum of Pop Culture (formerly EMP), August 2005-March 2011.
London, UK, Barbican Centre, Into the Unknown: A Journey through Science Fiction, 3 June-1 September 2017; also, Athens, Greece, Onassis Cultural Center, 9 October 2017-14 January 2018; Odense, Denmark, Kunstmuseum Brandts, 28 September 2018-17 February 2019; Rotterdam, Netherlands, Kunsthal Rotterdam, 16 March-30 June 2019.
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