No. 21, POINTED THEME, 1945

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

(1920 – 2001)
No. 21, POINTED THEME, 1945

Tasmanian blackwood, carved

14.5 cm height

signed with initials, dated and inscribed on base : RK / RK / MOTHER / 21 / 1945

Estimate: 
$15,000 – 20,000
Sold for $80,520 (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

Robert Klippel: a tribute exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 9 August – 13 October 2002

Literature

Gleeson, J., Robert Klippel, Bay Books, Sydney, 1983, pp. 23, 26, 462 (illus. pl. 22)
Edwards, D., Robert Klippel, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, pp. 25, 246 (illus.)
Edwards, D., Robert Klippel: Catalogue Raisonné of Sculptures, (CD-ROM) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, ‎No‎. 21 (illus.)