Lot 94
  • 94

Michael Bolus

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Michael Bolus
  • 9th Sculpture 1963
  • painted steel
  • height: 94cm.; 37in.; width: 108cm.; 42½in.; breadth: 32cm.; 12½in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Exhibited

Cape Town, South African Association of Art, Colour Sculptures: Britain in the sixties, 1964;
London, Waddington Galleries, New Generation Revisited: British sculpture from the Sixties and Seventies - a tribute to Bryan Robertson at the Whitechapel, 6 October - 6 November 1999, cat. no.7, illustrated in the catalogue p.27;
Salisbury, New Art Centre, Roche Court, 10 May - 7 September 2008, listed in the catalogue.

Condition

There are some spots of dirt in places on the surface of the sculpture. There is a small area, approximately 5 by 3cm., on the painted surface which in very strong light appears to be very slightly less shiny than the rest of the surface. This may be where a small area has been repainted. The sculpture appears to be in good overall condition. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work
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