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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, p. 102, no. 102, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Hanover Gallery, Clive Barker, October - November 1969, no.15.
Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery, Clive Barker: Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, Retrospective exhibition, November 1981 - January 1982, no. 18; and touring to Stoke, Eastbourne and Cheltenham.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Further details
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)

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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