No. 51, CONSTRUCTIONAL CARVING, 1948

Important Fine Art and Aboriginal Art
Sydney
30 November 2016
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ROBERT KLIPPEL

(1920 – 2001)
No. 51, CONSTRUCTIONAL CARVING, 1948

satinwood, carved

51.5 cm height

signed with initials, dated and inscribed on base: RK / 51 . 48 / MOTHER

Estimate: 
$15,000 – 20,000
Sold for $82,960 (inc. BP) in Auction 46 - 30 November 2016, Sydney
Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist, Sydney
Richard and Joan Crebbin Collection, Sydney
Mrs Joan Crebbin, Sydney

Exhibited

James Gleeson and Robert Klippel, London Gallery, London, 9 November – 4 December 1948, cat. 14
Robert Klippel: a retrospective exhibition of sculpture and works on paper, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, 15 September – 25 October 1987, cat. 13
Australian Collection Focus No. 2: James Gleeson and Robert Klippel Madame Sophie Sesostoris (a Pre-Raphelite satire) 1947 – 1948, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1 November – 24 January 1999
Australian Icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000
Robert Klippel: a tribute exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 9 August 2002 – 13 October 2002

Literature

Gleeson, J., Robert Klippel, Bay Books, Sydney, 1983, pp. 53, 63, 66, 86, 463 (illus. pl. 48)
Palmer, M., Robert Klippel, exhibition catalogue, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, 1987
Edwards, D., Robert Klippel, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, pp. 54, 247 (illus.)
Edwards, D., Robert Klippel: Catalogue Raisonné of Sculptures, (CD-ROM) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, ‎No‎. 51 (illus.)