Lot 116
  • 116

Rayner Hoff

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 AUD
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Description

  • Rayner Hoff
  • THE KISS
  • Signed and dated C. RAYNER HOFF 1923 (on base)
  • Plaster
  • Height: 34cm

Provenance

Private collection, Sydney
Australian and International Art, Sotheby's, Sydney, 28 June 2005, lot 490
Private collection, New South Wales; purchased from the above

Exhibited

The Vital Flesh: the sculpture of Rayner Hoff and his school, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1999

Literature

The Vital Flesh: the sculpture of Rayner Hoff and his school, Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1999, p.10 (illus.)

Condition

There are three major chips to the base of this sculpture, and more minor chips to all four corners. There are some minor scuff marks to the two figures and a small chip to her elbow.
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