Opus 186

Details

ROBERT EDWARD KLIPPEL (1920-2001)
Opus 186
brazed steel and found objects on marble base
58.2 x 33 x 20 cm (including base)
Executed in 1965

Provenance

Gallery A, Sydney
Acquired from the above in April 1973

Literature

J. Gleeson, Robert Klippel, Sydney, 1983, illus. pl. 166, p. 270; p. 269; p. 470

Exhibited

Sydney, Gallery A, Robert Klippel, 25 November 1965

Special notice

A 10% GST will also be charged on the Hammer Price. For overseas buyers, special regulations apply regarding the changing and refunding of GST on the Hammer Price, proof of export and the GST-registered status of the buyer.

Lot Essay

"If Opus 185 has in it elements of confrontation, Opus 186 is all grace and poise, open and free in its ascent from a broad base to a tapering spire and in its solid-form implications a slender cone.' (J. Gleeson, op. cit. p. 269)

More from THE W.R. BURGE COLLECTION

View All