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Lot 66

ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920-2001)
No. 253b Metal Construction 1971
painted welded steel
inscribed on engraved plate on base: David Jones / Awards For / Fashion Excellence / Grand Award / To / Maglia
71cm (height) excluding base

Estimate $28,000 - $35,000

Sold for $26,000

Work in good condition overall with complete structural stability. Few losses and scratches seen to the surface, particularly in the very outer areas of the arms. Dust build up is present in the corners and connective areas. Item is well secured to base with no movement at all. Base bears a small loss on one edge.


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Commissioned by David Jones and awarded to Maglia Pty. Ltd. as the prize for its second Annual Award for Fashion Excellence in 1971
Private collection, Melbourne
Thence by descent


Gleeson, J., Robert Klippel, Bay Books, Sydney, 1983, pp. 332, 473.
Robert Klippel, Catalogue Raisonne, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, cat. no. 253, illus. (incorrectly dated as 1981)

Fine Art

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8411
6:00pm - 8 June 2021
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

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