Sale 9614
New York
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29 - 30 March 2001
Price realised
USD 4,700
Estimate
AN EMPIRE STYLE ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER Late 19th Century The circular palmette corona issuing chains suspending a further corona surmounted by rearing female centaurs blowing a pipe, above a leaf tip-cast ring issuing six leaf-wrapped scrolling candlearms culminated by a swans head, with engine turned bobèches, the underside with nymph mounts and a pine cone final, electrified 22in. (56cm.) high, 24in. (61cm.) wide
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Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 31-33)
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