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Property from a Private Collection, Peru

Amar Nath Sehgal

Maquette for The Crushing Burden

Auction Closed

March 17, 05:35 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, Peru

Amar Nath Sehgal

1922 - 2007

Maquette for The Crushing Burden


Bronze with custom wooden base

Inscribed on a metal label on the wooden base: 'MODEL OF SCULPTURE / " THE CRUSHING BURDEN " / WHICH WAS INAUGURATED AT THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL / CONFERENCE ON POPULATION , MEXICO 1984 / PRESENTED TO THE U. N. / SECRETARY- GENERAL MR. JAVIER PÉREZ de CUÉLLAR / BY / THE SCULPTOR AMAR NATH SEHGAL'

15 ¼ x 9 ½ x 9 ⅝ in. (38.7 x 24.1 x 24.4 cm.) with wooden base (approx.)


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Collection of UN Secretary-General Mr Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Mexico

Thence by descent

Acquired from the above, September 2024