Lupe - Sarah Lucas - The Levett Collection

Incised with the artist's signature, numbered 2/ 6 and stamped with the foundry mark on the underside. This work is number 2 from an edition of 6, plus 2 artist's proofs

Sculpture: w. 52 x w. 48 x d. 44 cm; Overall: h.155 x w. 48 x. d. 45 cm

Executed in 2014

Polished bronze, on artist's concrete plinth sculpture

Provenance

Sadie Coles HQ, London
Acquired from the above by the previous owner
Acquired at Sotheby's, lot 213, London, 2023

Publications

A. Malik, Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel, October 2009, p. 185
Y. M. Murray, "Sarah Lucas at the Hammer", Contemporary Art Review, Los Angeles, 12 November 2018, https://contemporaryartreview.la/sarah-lucasat-the-hammer/
Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel, M. Gioni and M. Norton, (Exhibition catalogue), New Museum, 2019, pp. 185 and 233
"Sarah Lucas at the Hammer Museum", Art and Cake, 30 August 2019, https://artandcakela. com/2019/08/30/sarah-lucas-at-the-hammer-museum/
D. Levy, Sarah Lucas SEX LIFE, The Perimeter, London, 2021, no 10
C. Rosa, "Best art exhibitions & festivals in London 2021", Wishu Media, 17 September 2021
K. Cromak, "Cracking Sculptures by Sarah Lucas", Made in Shoreditch, London, 23 November 2021, https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2021/11/23/cracking-sculptures-by-sarah-lucas/
"The New Museum will present the first American survey of the work of British artist Sarah Lucas", New Museum Exhibitions, , https://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/sarah-lucas
"Sarah Lucas SEX LIFE", The Perimeter Exhibitions, , https://www.theperimeter.co.uk/sarahlucas
Sarah Lucas, "Sex Life, A New Exhibition of Works", Re-Edition Magazine, , https://www. reeditionmagazine.com/latest/sarah-lucas-sex-life
Y. Shionoiri, "Carving Out Space: Contextualizing Female-Presenting Perspectives in Modern and Contemporary Sculpture", FAMM - Female Artists of the Mougins Museum, France, Merrell and FAMM, January 5, 2025, p.178
Private Skies, n°20, Sky valet, Mai 2025, p. 76
B. Robaglia, "Christian Levett - The Collector and Philanthropist who gave Women Artists a Museum", Monaco Woman, Autumn-Winter 2025, p. 54
TL mag, "When the Best Work Was Still Available : Why I Turned to Women Artists", The Art of Collecting - Guest Edition : Simon de Pury, n° 41, February 6, 2026, p. 76
Luca Rossi, "Versailles entre art et pouvoir : dix œuvres racontent l’histoire du palais du Roi-Soleil", Quaderni di Viaggio di Finestra sull’Arte, 2026, https://www.finestresullarte.info/fr/voyage/sur-la-cote-d-azur-il-existe-un-musee-qui-reecrit-l-histoire-de-l-art-sans-avoir-besoin-de-slogans

Exhibitions

Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel, New Museum, New York, 262h September 2018 - January 2019
Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA, June 9, 2019 — September 1, 2019
Sarah Lucas SEX LIFE, The Perimeter, London, UK, september - December 2021
FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins), Mougins, France, from 21st June 2024 to present day

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