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St. Louis Contemporary and Classic: The May Collection

Sat, May 9, 2026 11:00AM EDT
  2026-05-09 11:00:00 2026-05-09 11:00:00 America/New_York Woodard Lipe Woodard Lipe : St. Louis Contemporary and Classic: The May Collection https://bid.woodardlipe.com/auctions/woodard-lipe/st-louis-contemporary-and-classic-the-may-collection-23090
St. Louis Classic and Contemporary: the May Collection is a carefully curated auction presenting an exceptional breadth of fine art, works on paper, decorative arts and collectibles spanning multiple collecting disciplines, with highlights including works by Robert Motherwell, Willem de Koonig, Marc Chagall, Hans Bellmer, Sol LeWitt, Leslie Dill, Alexander Calder, Laszlo Dus, Ed Eugene Boccia and Siegfried Reinhardt alongside important American and European decorative arts.
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Lot 151

Leslie Dill (American, b. 1950). Copper Poem Hands (Felt My Life with Both My Hands to See it Was There) (1994). Copper, Aluminum, Wire.

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
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$1,000

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Total installed Height 31 in., Width 57 in., Depth 2 in. Copper wall-hung sculpture. Stamped signature, dated. This sculpture by American artist Leslie Dill is from of a thematic series based on the poetry of Emily Dickinson. This body of work also included mixed media, printmaking, and sculpture. Her works have been exhibited in hundreds of solo and group exhibits around the world. Widely collected, her work is included in corporate and private collections and more than 40 permanent museum collections in the U.S. including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, High Museum of Art, Library of Congress, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Yale University Art Gallery.

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