BIRD FORM, 1953

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
28 August 2024
33

CLIFFORD LAST

(British/Australian, 1918 - 1991)
BIRD FORM, 1953

almond wood

88.0 cm height

signed with initial in base: L

Estimate: 
$10,000 – $15,000
Sold for $10,432 (inc. BP) in Auction 79 - 28 August 2024, Melbourne
Provenance

Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne
Gordon King, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1953
Amanda Addams Auctions, Melbourne, 10 March 2002, lot 299
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited

Sculpture by Clifford Last, Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne, 13 – 22 October 1953 (either cat. 5 or 6)
Clifford Last Sculpture: a Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 23 November 1989 – 29 January 1990, cat. 14

Literature

'Art Notes: Sculptors Experiment in Exhibition', The Age, Melbourne, 13 October 1953, p. 2
Edwards, G., Clifford Last Sculpture: a Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1989, cat. 14, cover (illus.), pp. 39 (illus.), 67
Dimmack, M., Clifford Last, The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1972, pl. 11, p. 55 (illus.)