Lot 354: Charles LeDray , b.1960 My Baby fabric, thread, yarn, reed, cable, wire, metal, wood, white stoneware, paint, glass and plastic

fabric, thread, yarn, reed, cable, wire, metal, wood, white stoneware, paint, glass and plastic

46 1/2 by 24 by 21 in. 118.1 by 60.9 by 53.5 cm.

New York, Jay Gorney Modern Art, Charles LeDray, April - May 1996
Stamford, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, As Time Goes By: History, Memory and the Sentimental, June - August 1997, p. 8, illustrated
New York, Zwirner & Wirth, Contemporary Sculpture from a Private Collection, September - October 2006, n.p., illustrated in color

Roberta Smith, "Charles LeDray," The New York Times, April 12, 1996, C28
Peter Schjeldahl, "No Kidding," The Village Voice, April 23, 1996, p. 91
Jeff Weinstein, "Tender Buttons," Artforum, Summer 1996, p. 89
"History, Memory and Sentimentality Highlight Exhibit at Whitney Museum," A Brooks Community Newspaper, June 5 - June 11, 1997, n.p., illustrated
Linda Matys O'Connell, "As Time Goes By," The Sunday Advocate, Stamford, col. 160, no. 66, June 15, 1997, n.p., illustrated
William Zimmer, "Yes, There Does Exist a Place for the Sheerest of Sentiment," New York Times, July 27, 1997, p. 14, illustrated
"Summer Exhibit at Whitney," Greenwich, July - August 1997, n.p. illustrated
"In Connecticut: Recent Nauman, Sentimental Memories and Black Culture," New York Times, 1997, p. L10 (text reference)
Exh. Cat., Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art (and travelling), Charles LeDray: Sculpture 1989-2002, 2003, n.p., illustrated in color

Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in April 1993

Executed in 1993 - 1996.
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN COLLECTION
"My Baby, four years in the making, is a very fancy, lace-veiled wicker bassinet cradling an infant's knitted baptismal garb and, on a shelf beneath, a jumble of what seem all the materials and tools used in its creation. Of course, every last item--spool, pin, metal scissors, and so on, as well as wicker and lace--was fabricated from scratch. The work activates staggering qualities of cunning and beauty in selfless devotion to a radiant child who happens not to exist. "
Peter Schjeldahl, "No Kidding," The Village Voice, April 23, 1996, p. 91