Mark di Suvero b. 1933
Mark di Suvero was born in China in 1933 to Italian parents. His father was a naval attaché and the family was transferred from Shanghai to California in 1941. Di Suvero attended the University of California first studying philosophy but became enamored with sculpture as he felt he could contribute more to art than to philosophy. While working part-time as a construction worker, he suffered a severe on-site elevator accident. While recovering, he learned how to work with an arc welder and his sculptures became ever larger. In 1963, di Suvero was one of the founding members of the Park Place Gallery in New York. In response to the Vietnam War, he crafted his 1966 sculpture Peace Tower in Los Angeles as an anti-war critique and in 1971 he left the United States for Europe as a voluntary protest against the war. He returned to the U.S. in 1974, and a major retrospective of his work was held at the Whitney Museum of American Art the following year. A tireless promoter of emerging artists, di Suvero founded the Socrates Sculpture Park in Astoria, Queens in 1986.
Auction Results Mark di Suvero
Mark di Suvero
Leberte
estimate: $70,000–90,000
result: $87,500
Mark di Suvero
Untitled
estimate: $50,000–70,000
result: $68,750
Mark di Suvero
L'ouvert
estimate: $40,000–60,000
result: $50,000
Mark di Suvero
After Study for Marianne Moore
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $5,100
Mark Di Suvero
untitled
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $4,200
Mark di Suvero
Untitled
estimate: $1,500–2,000
result: $1,500
Mark di Suvero
Planetaire
estimate: $700–900
result: $1,500
Mark di Suvero
Untitled
estimate: $600–800
result: $1,000
Mark di Suvero
Day Star
estimate: $700–900
result: $688
Mark di Suvero
Untitled
estimate: $50,000–70,000
Mark di Suvero
Untitled
estimate: $3,000–5,000