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Clive Barker (b. 1940)
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Clive Barker (b. 1940)

Hand Grenade

Details
Clive Barker (b. 1940)
Hand Grenade
signed with initials and inscribed 'A.P./C.B.' (on the base)
chrome-plated bronze
4 in. (10.2 cm.), high
Conceived in 1969. From an edition of 6 and 1 A/P.
Literature
A.J.Fermon & M.Livingstone, Clive Barker: Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné 1958-2000, Milan, 2002, no.102, p101, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Hanover Gallery, Clive Barker, 1969, no.15.
Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery (and tour), Clive Barker: Sculpture, Drawings and Prints (retrospective exhibition), no.18.
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Lot Essay

Barker describes the impetus behind creating the hand grenade,' I always thought implements of war were beautiful but the destruction they caused was terrible. An enormous amount of love is lavished on their design, the same care and attention that is put into a Formula One car.' (Clive Barker, private correspondence, 12th October 2005)

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