Sale 2404
Amsterdam
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24 February 1999
Price realised
NLG 4,681
Estimate
An ormolu-mounted mahogany firescreen The rising screen with triangular pediment covered in yellow silk, the rectangular frame surmounted by tazze and mounted with paterea, on arched end-supports 107cm. high x 72cm. wide
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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