Sale 1359
New York
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8 April 2004
Price realised
USD 5,736
Estimate
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY URN STAND CIRCA 1775 The oval top with a raised gallery and shaped frieze fitted with a candle-slide on panelled splayed square tapering legs with later brass caps and leather casters 27½in. (70cm.) high, 14½in. (37cm.) wide, 10½in. (27cm.) deep
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Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR (lots 277-284)
Ahead of an online sale that honours their close bond, Meredith Etherington-Smith traces the roots of a 40-year collaboration
The artist tells us about his meticulous recreation of a child’s toy in a work that became an instant icon when it debuted at the Whitney Museum in New York in 2014