Past Catalogue | Menzies November 2017 Australian & International Fine Art & Sculpture | Date: 30 November, 2017

Lot 46
Robert Klippel
Opus 751 1989 (cast 1997) 
bronze
160.0 cm height
edition: 2/6 

signed with initials, titled, dated and numbered: R.K. 751 ‘97 2/6
stamped with Meridian Foundry mark
inscribed: R36

Provenance:

Private collection, Sydney

Related work:

Opus 751 1989, bronze, 160.0 cm height, edition: 1/6, National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra, illus. in Edwards, D., Robert Klippel, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, p.212
Opus 761 1988-89, painted wood assemblage 188.0 cm height, Galerie Gmurzynska collection, Zürich, illus. in Edwards, D., Robert Klippel: Catalogue Raisonné of Sculptures, (CD-ROM), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, no.761
Opus 800 1989, bronze, 140.0 cm height, private collection, illus. in Edwards, D., Robert Klippel: Catalogue Raisonné of Sculptures, (CD-ROM), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, no.800

 

Literature:

Edwards, D., Robert Klippel: Catalogue Raisonné of Sculptures, (CD-ROM), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, no.751 (illus.)
Wach, K., Klippel: The American and European Years, Galerie Gmurzynska, Zürich, 2013, p.94 (illus. another example)

Exhibited:

Another example of this bronze work is on permanent display in the Sculpture Garden of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Estimate
A$100,000
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A$140,000
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