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Property from a Private Collection, Wirral

Nek Chand

Untitled (Bird); Untitled (Cloth Sculpture)

Auction Closed

September 30, 03:29 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 9,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, Wirral

Nek Chand

1924 – 2015

Untitled (Bird); Untitled (Cloth Sculpture)


Metal armature, cement, brick dust, ceramic and glass bangles; Metal armature with salvaged rags

35 x 48 x 20 cm. (13 ¾ x 18 ⅞ x 7⅞ in.) (approx.); 62.5 x 32 x 14 cm. (24 ⅝ x 12 ⅝ x 5 ½ in.) (approx.)

Executed in 2004; Executed in 2006

Acquired directly from the artist, Chandigarh, 2004 [Bird] and 2006 [Cloth Sculpture]

S. Bandyopadhyay and I. Jackson, The Collection, the Ruin and the Theatre: Architecture, Sculpture and Landscape in Nek Chand’s Rock Garden, Chandigarh, Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2007, illustration p. 76 [both works]