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The Estate of the late James O. Fairfax AC - 30 August 2017  |  Sydney

Lot 47
Robert Klippel
(1920 – 2001)
NO. 211, 1967

unique bronze cast

41.0 cm height (including base)



Estimate:
$12,000 – 18,000


Lot sold: $23,180 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Robert Klippel
(1920 – 2001)
NO. 211, 1967

unique bronze cast

41.0 cm height (including base)

signed with initials, dated and inscribed with title at base: RK 211 / 1967
inscribed with title on base: 211

Provenance

Bonython Gallery, Sydney
The Estate of the late James O. Fairfax AC, New South Wales, acquired from the above in 1968

Exhibited

Robert Klippel: sculptures, Bonython Gallery, Sydney, 26 February – 13 March 1968, cat. 7
Robert Klippel: a tribute exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 9 August 2002 – 13 October 2002

Literature

Gleeson, J., Robert Klippel, Bay Books, Sydney, 1983, pl. 199, pp. 290, 292 (illus.), 471
Edwards, D., Robert Klippel, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, pp. 125 (illus.), 248
Edwards, D., Robert Klippel: Catalogue Raisonné of Sculptures, (CD-ROM) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, ‎No‎. 211 (illus.)