Lot 8
  • 8

ANDRÉ DUBREUIL | Candelabrum

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Candelabrum
  • 106 x 90 x 90 cm ; 41 3/4 x 35 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.
  • circa 1986
patinated steel, copper and glass

Provenance

Private collection, Paris

Literature

Jean-Louis Gaillemin, André Dubreuil : poète du fer, Paris, 2006, p. 121, n. 13
Gareth D. Williams and Nick Wright, Cut and Shut: The History of Creative Salvage, London, 2012,  p. 105

Condition

Good overall condition. The glass lens presents with a few very tiny scratches/chips, not visually distractive. The plates below the candle holders are not fixed and some of them are slightly misplaced. The plates and teh candle-holders present with wax remnants and scratches. The patina on the steal is slightly worn. This lot is not electrified.
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