Gwyn Hanssen Pigott
(1935 - 2013)
SILENT STILL LIFE, 1994/2012
woodfired porcelain seven pieces (three bottles, two beakers and two bowls) rearranged by the artist, 2012
32.0 x 68.0 x 16.0 cm (overall)
each stamped at base with the artist’s roundel
Estimate:
$12,000 - $18,000
Sold:
$18,409 (inc. BP)
lot details
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
The Laverty collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in March 1995
Exhibited
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott. Recent Work, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 4 – 29 April 1995 (illus. on exhibition catalogue cover in former 8–piece arrangement)
Singular Views, Dowse Art Museum, New Zealand, 11 July – 18 October 1998, cat. 1 (in former 8–piece arrangement)
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott: A Survey, 1955 – 2005, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 4 November 2005 – 19 March 2006, cat. 100 (in former 8–piece arrangement)
Literature
McDonald, J., ‘Arts’, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 29 April 1995, p. 16A (illus., in former 8– piece arrangement)
Lewis, R., ‘Gwyn Hanssen Pigott: Recent Work’, Object, Sydney, no. 3/4, 1995, p. 35 (illus., in former 8–piece arrangement)
West, M., ‘The Feminine: Five Patterns’, Object, Sydney, no. 4, 1998, p. 55 (illus., in former 8–piece arrangement)
Smith, J., Gwyn Hanssen Pigott: A Survey, 1955 – 2005, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2005, cat. 100, pp. 63 (illus.), 108 (in former 8–piece arrangement)