Clifford Last
(1918 - 1991)
BIRD FORM, 1953
almond wood
88.0 cm height
signed with initial in base: L
Estimate:
$10,000 - $15,000
Sold:
$10,432 (inc. BP)
© The Estate of Clifford Last
lot details
Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne
Gordon King, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1953
Amanda Addams Auctions, Melbourne, 10 March 2002, lot 299
Private collection, Sydney
Exhibited
Sculpture by Clifford Last, Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne, 13 – 22 October 1953 (either cat. 5 or 6)
Clifford Last Sculpture: a Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 23 November 1989 – 29 January 1990, cat. 14
Literature
‘Art Notes: Sculptors Experiment in Exhibition’, The Age, Melbourne, 13 October 1953, p. 2
Edwards, G., Clifford Last Sculpture: a Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1989, cat. 14, cover (illus.), pp. 39 (illus.), 67
Dimmack, M., Clifford Last, The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1972, pl. 11, p. 55 (illus.)
Related Works
Bird Form, 1953, almond wood, 88.0 x 19.5 x 16.5 cm, in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne