Robert Klippel
(1920 - 2001)
No. 39, SCHERZO, 1948
ebony, carved
42.5 cm height
signed with initials, dated and inscribed on base: RK / 48 / 39
Estimate:
$10,000 - $15,000
Sold:
$24,400 (inc. BP)
lot details
Acquired directly from the artist, Sydney
Richard and Joan Crebbin Collection, Sydney
Mrs Joan Crebbin, Sydney
Exhibited
James Gleeson and Robert Klippel, London Gallery, London, 9 November – 4 December 1948, cat. 4
Australian Collection Focus No. 2: James Gleeson and Robert Klippel Madame Sophie Sesostoris (a Pre-Raphelite satire) 1947 – 1948, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1 November – 24 January 1999
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. 54, 63, 86, 463 (illus. pl. 47)
Edwards, D., Robert Klippel, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, pp. 45, 246 (illus.)
Edwards, D., Robert Klippel: Catalogue Raisonné of Sculptures, (CD-ROM) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, No. 39 (illus.)