Lee Bontecou 's 2010 Retrospective Exhibition, All Freedom in Every Sense, is a spectacular example of change and evolution. Her work becomes more complicated and more three-dimensional. Throughout her career she has used cosmic imagery, from black holes to planetary formations.
L. Bontecou, Untitled, 1959
Bontecou's images resonate with images of space from the mid 19th century.
The planet Mars observed Sept. 3, 1877, at 11:55 p.m. E.L. Trouvelot, New York Public Library
L. Bontecou, Untitled, 1980-98
Group of sunspots and veiled spots observed on June 17, 1875 at 7:30 a.m E.L. Trouvelot, New York Public Library
A total eclipse of the sun observed July 29, 1878, at Creston, Wyoming New York Public Library
L. Bontecou, Untitled, l967
E.L. Trouvelot, New York Public Library Aurora borealis as observed March 1, 1872, at 9:25 p.m.
L. Bontecou, Untitled, 1985
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