Robert Adams

Climbing Forms No. 1

Artist's Resale RightUK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Auction Closed

November 23, 03:04 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

Robert Adams

1917 - 1984

Climbing Forms No. 1

bronzed steel

height: 172.5cm.; 67¾in.

width: 49cm.; 19¼in.

Executed in 1961, the present work is unique.

Gimpel Fils, London

Offer Waterman & Co., London, where acquired by the previous owner in August 2002

Sale, Christie's London, 17 November 2006, lot 170, where acquired by the present owner

Alastair Grieve, The Sculpture of Robert Adams, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, London, 1992, no. 372, pp. 88-89, illustrated p. 201

Venice, Venice Biennale, XXXI Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia, British Council, 16 June - 7 October 1962, unnumbered exhibition, with British Council tour to Germany, Switzerland, Holland and France