Lot 127
  • 127

MAARTEN BAAS | Grandmother Clock

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 EUR
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Description

  • Maarten Baas
  • Grandmother Clock
  • With a metal plaque MAARTEN BAAS CARPENTERS WORKSHOP GALLERY GRANDMOTHER CLOCK BRASS 2/8 signed Maarten inside the clock Produced by Carpenters Workshop Gallery
  • 196 x 71 x 38 cm ; 77 1/8 x 28 x 15 in.
  • 2013
brass, digital equipment

Provenance

Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris
Private collection, Paris, acquired from the above in 2014

Literature

Telling Time, exhibition catalogue, Musée de Design et d'Arts Appliqués Contemporains, Lausanne, May 27, 2015 - September 27, 2015, pp. 70-71
Hide & Seek, exhibition catalogue, Groninger Museum, Groningen, February 18 - September 24, 2017, pp. 81 and 97

Condition

Excellent overall condition. The brass presents with a few extremely rare and extremely light surface scratches and with a few rare and very light oxidation stains, not visually distracting. Sotheby's does not guarantee electrical components and suggests having all wiring inspected by a licensed electrician.
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