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L07 ARTHUR SIMMS
Fork In The Road, 2014
Wire, metal, wood, stone, screws and bottle
26 x 32 x 14 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
Estimated retail value: $8,000
Best known for his found-object sculptures composed of
everyday objects such as bicycle wheels, bottles, stones,
chairs, rope and wire, Arthur Simms’ work connects the
disparate elements of the diasporic experience. His work
has been presented at the Jamaica Pavilion at the Venice
Biennale, Venice, Italy, as well as numerous museums
including the Brooklyn Museum, the Neuberger Museum of
Art, and the American Academy in Rome. Simms is a 2007
recipient of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, a
as well as the Prix de Rome, among other important grants.

L08 RON NAGLE
Knob Job, 2014
Bronze, 2 1/2 x 3 x 1 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
Estimated retail value: $5,000
Ron Nagle is an American ceramic sculptor, musician
and songwriter. He is considered part of the Abstract
Expressionist Ceramics group that developed around Peter
Voulkos. Nagle has exhibited nationally and internationally,
and his work can be found in numerous collections including
the Los Angeles Museum of Art; the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, N.Y.; Renwick Gallery; National Museum of American
Art; Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.; Stedelijk
Museum, Amsterdam; and the Victoria and Albert Museum,
London.

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Guggenheim Fellowship, a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant,