Lot 8
No. 859 1988 (cast in 2004)
bronze, ed. 1/3 + 1AP
initialled and titled to lower element: RK #859
inscribed: CRAWFORD CASTING 2004
Height 50.5cm, Width 40cm (approx.), Depth 25cm (approx.)
Estimate $18,000 - $24,000
Overall in good condition, surface dirt and some verdigris to crevices.
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Private collection, Sydney
Related Works: No. 859, 1988, balsa wood assemblage, 50.7 cm, in Edwards, D, Robert Klippel: Catalogue Raisonne of Sculptures, (CD-ROM) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002 (illus.)
© Andrew Klippel. Courtesy of The Robert Klippel Estate, represented by Annette Larkin Fine Art, Sydney and Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich/Copyright Agency, 2023
The Art Collector
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8705
6:00pm - 4 December 2023
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
VIEWING
Friday 1 - Sunday 3 December, 10am - 4pm
The Bond, 36-40 Queen St, Woollahra NSW
and Dickerson Gallery, 34 Queen St, Woollahra NSW
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