Lot 53
  • 53

Robert Adams

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Robert Adams
  • Screen Form
  • bronzed steel
  • height: 95.5cm., 37½in.
  • Executed in 1962, the present work is unique.

Provenance

Private Collection
Sale, Christie's London, 17th November 2006, lot 169

Exhibited

London, Gimpel Fils, Robert Adams, November 1962, cat. no.25; 
London, Camden Arts Centre, Robert Adams Retrospective, June - July 1971, cat. no.62.

Literature

Alastair Grieve, The Sculpture of Robert Adams, Lund Humphries, London, 1992, cat. no.413, illustrated p.207.

Condition

Structurally sound. There is very minor surface dust to the crevices, with a slight scuff to one of the corners of the base, but this excepting the work appears to be in excellent condition.
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