Sale 1704
New York
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13 September 2006
Price realised
USD 19,200
Estimate
Pol Bury (b. 1922) Sphere in Four Pieces on a Cylindrical Platform signed, titled and numbered 'SPHÈRE EN 4 MORCEAUX SUR UN PLATEAU CYLINDRIQUE 6/8 Pol Bury' (on the underside) Brass 10½ x 19¾ x 19¾ in. (26.5 x 50.2 x 50.2 cm.) Executed in 1969. This work is number six from an edition of eight.
Provenance
Lefebre Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1970
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