Robert Klippel
(1920 - 2001)
No. 21, Pointed theme, 1945
Tasmanian blackwood, carved
14.5 cm height
signed with initials, dated and inscribed on base : RK / RK / MOTHER / 21 / 1945
Estimate:
$15,000 - $20,000
Sold:
$80,520 (inc. BP)
lot details
Robert Klippel (1920 - 2001)
No. 21, Pointed theme, 1945
Tasmanian blackwood, carved
14.5 cm height
signed with initials, dated and inscribed on base : RK / RK / MOTHER / 21 / 1945
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, Sydney
Richard and Joan Crebbin Collection, Sydney
Mrs Joan Crebbin, Sydney
Exhibited
Robert Klippel: a tribute exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 9 August – 13 October 2002
Literature
Gleeson, J., Robert Klippel, Bay Books, Sydney, 1983, pp. 23, 26, 462 (illus. pl. 22)
Edwards, D., Robert Klippel, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, pp. 25, 246 (illus.)
Edwards, D., Robert Klippel: Catalogue Raisonné of Sculptures, (CD-ROM) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, No. 21 (illus.)