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Art + Design Featuring Indiana Artists

Tue, Nov 18, 2025 11:00AM EST
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Sheafer + King Modern is pleased to present Art + Design featuring Indiana artists from the 1940s through the present. The auction features a monumental abstract painting by Robert Berkshire, paintings by James Willie Faust, Harry Davis Jr., Rinaldo Paluzzi, and Gerald Boyce, rare ceramic sculptures by Gordon Martz, and works by numerous contemporary artists. The auction also features the largest collection of Derriere le Miroir art magazines that has been sold at auction including hundreds of high quality lithographs by artists such as Miro, Calder, Braque, Chillida, and Chagall.
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Lot 41

Josef Zimmerman 2017 “Time Is The Only Commodity You Can Not Get Back” Lighted Sculpture

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2017 multi-media wall sculpture by Indiana artist Josef Zimmerman (American; 21st century). This work consists of a white display box with a glass front which reads "Take Self Responsibility" and is lit with white led lights around the inside. The piece is signed, dated, and titled verso. A secondary title of Misplaced Hate is also located on the verso.

 

Josef Zimmerman was born and raised Fort Wayne, Indiana where he was curator of Contemporary Art at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. He now pursues his own art practice and works as an independent curator for galleries across the country.

 

Measurements: 23.5” W x 29.5” H x 3.5” D.

 

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