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    Artwork Survey: 1970s

    Lynda Benglis
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    • Proto Knot
      1972
      Aluminum wire mesh, cotton bunting, plaster, paint, sparkles
      29 × 20 1/2 × 7 in. (73.66 × 52.07 × 17.78 cm)

      © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York

    • Wing
      1970/1975
      Cast aluminum
      67 × 59 1/4 × 60 in. (170.18 × 150.5 × 152.4 cm)

      © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York

    • Phantom
      1971
      Polyurethane foam with phosphorescent pigments
      102 × 420 × 96 inches
      New Museum, New York

      © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York

    • Phantom
      1971
      Polyurethane foam with phosphorescent pigments
      102 × 420 × 96 inches
      Union Art Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

      © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York

    • Totem
      Installation view, "Lynda Benglis: Polyurethane Foam, Two-Component System," Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 8–December 17, 1971
      1971
      Pigmented polyurethane foam
      Hayden Gallery, MIT, Boston

      Photo: Peter Sramek

      © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York

    • Hoofers I + II
      1972
      Wire mesh, cotton bunting, plaster, pigment, sparkles
      2 elements: 102 × 5 1/2 × 4 in. (259.08 × 13.97 × 10.16 cm); 102 × 4 1/2 × 3 in. (259.08 × 11.43 × 7.62 cm)

      © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York

    • Sparkle Knot V
      1972
      Acrylic paint and sparkles on plaster, cotton bunting and aluminum screen
      106.7 × 63.5 × 33 cm

      © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York

    • Sparkle Knot IV
      1972
      Acrylic paint and sparkles on plaster, cotton bunting and aluminum screen
      73.7 × 50.8 × 24.1 cm

      © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York

    • Psi
      1973
      Enamel silver paint and sparkles on plaster, cotton bunting and aluminum screen
      83.8 × 33 × 38.1 cm
      Collection John Cheim

      © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York

    • Eat Meat
      1969/1974
      Bronze
      24 × 80 × 54 in. (60.96 × 203.2 × 137.16 cm)

      © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York

    • Alpha 1
      1973-74
      Sprayed tin and zinc on plaster, cotton bunting and aluminum screen
      81.3 × 35.6 × 30.5 cm

      © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York

    • Female Sensibility
      video still
      1973
      Video, color, sound
      14 minutes

      © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York

    • Smile
      1974
      Cast bronze
      39.4 × 16.5 × 5.7 cm

      © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York

    • Lagniappe Luck
      1976-77
      Chicken wire, coton, plaster, gesso, sparkle, elmers glue and clear acrylic
      116.8 × 91.5 × 33 cm
      Private collection

      © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York

    • Rhodos
      1978
      Gold leaf, oil based sizing and gesso on plaster, cotton bunting and chicken wire
      141 × 66 × 27.9 cm

      © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York

    • Zanzidae
      1979
      Plastic, glass and enamel on wire mesh
      152.4 × 177.8 × 20.3 cm

      © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York

    • Chicago Caryatids #4
      1979
      Gold leaf, oil-based sizing and gesso on plaster, cotton bunting and chicken wire
      114.3 × 40.6 × 22.9

      © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York

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