Audrey Flack (b. 1931) Islandia, Goddess of the Healing Waters, 1988 Gilded bronze with patina 66-1/2 x 26 x 38 inches (168.9 x 66.0 x 96.5 cm) Ed. 2/6 PROVENANCE: The artist; Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York; Collection of Russ Solomon, Tower Records, Sacramento, California, acquired from the above, 1994. EXHIBITED: Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, "Audrey Flack: A Pantheon of Female Deities," April 27-July 12, 1991; The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, "Islandia, Goddess of the Healing Waters," June 7-September 15, 1991; Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, Connecticut, "Six Takes on Photo-Realism," November 15-January 25, 1991-92; Wight Art Gallery, University of California Los Angeles, and elsewhere, "Breaking the Rules: Audrey Flack, A Retrospective 1950-1990," March 24, 1992-May 17, 1992; California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, California, "Narcissism: Artists Reflect Themselves," February 4-May 26, 1996. LITERATURE: Louis K. Meisel Gallery, A Pantheon of Female Deities, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1991, n.p., illustrated; "Expo" Hamptons Magazine, June 7, 1991, p. 32, illustrated; Southampton Press, "When It's Bronze, not Flesh, an Areola is OK on Job's Lane," New York, April 25, 1991, p. 1, illustrated; Dan's Papers, "Nipples: A Law Breaking Statue to be Unveiled in Southampton Saturday," Bridgehampton, June, 7, 1991, p. 9, illustrated; Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Six Takes on Photo-Realism, exhibition catalogue, Stamford, 1991, p. 12, illustrated; T. Gouma-Peterson, Breaking the Rules: Audrey Flack, A Retrospective 1950-1990, New York, 1992, p. 1, illustrated; California Center for the Arts Museum, Narcissism: Artists Reflect Themselves, exhibition catalogue, Escondido, 1996, p. 37, illustrated. HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved