Contemporary + Modern: Art & Design
Fri, Jan 28, 2022 01:00AM EST
Lot 62
WONSOOK KIM / Whispering Figures (Crayon, 1979)
Sold for
$200
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Wonsook Kim
(Korean-American, b. 1953)
Whispering Figures, 1979
Crayon on paper
8" x 5 1/4"
Float-mounted behind glass in a metal frame that measures 11" x 8". Unsigned.
Provenance: From the Bill & Ellen Morgan collection, thence from the artist. Bill Morgan is a professor emeritus of English at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. Wonsook Kim befriended Bill Morgan and Nicolas Africano as a student at Illinois State University in the 1970s, and her ties to the university remained strong throughout her artistic career. In 2019, ISU's School of Art was renamed in her honor.
Very good condition, noting only a very faint yellow spot near the bottom of the sheet.
(Korean-American, b. 1953)
Whispering Figures, 1979
Crayon on paper
8" x 5 1/4"
Float-mounted behind glass in a metal frame that measures 11" x 8". Unsigned.
Provenance: From the Bill & Ellen Morgan collection, thence from the artist. Bill Morgan is a professor emeritus of English at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. Wonsook Kim befriended Bill Morgan and Nicolas Africano as a student at Illinois State University in the 1970s, and her ties to the university remained strong throughout her artistic career. In 2019, ISU's School of Art was renamed in her honor.