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A Life in Art: The Mallin Collection

Katsura Funakoshi

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Auction Closed

October 15, 03:25 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Life in Art: The Mallin Collection

Katsura Funakoshi

b. 1951

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painted camphor wood, leather, steel bolts and glass eyes

92.7 by 55.9 by 25.4 cm. 36½ by 22 by 10 in.

overall: 182.9 by 55.9 by 40.6 cm. 72 by 22 by 16 in.

Executed in 2007.

Greenberg Van Doren, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008
New York, Greenberg Van Doren, Katsura Funakoshi: New Sculpture, April - May 2008