Robert Klippel
(Australia, United States of America 19 Jun 1920–19 Jun 2001)
- Title
- No 48 Entities suspended from a detector
- Other titles:
- Opus 48
Entities suspended from a detector
Opus 48 Entities suspended from a detector - Place of origin
-
London →
England
- Year
- 1948
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- wood, carved, painted wood and dowels
- Dimensions
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48.3 x 34.2 x 11.5cm
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated on base, incised "RK 48/ ...".
- Credit
- Gift of the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1970
- Accession number
- SA1.1970
- Copyright
- © Robert Klippel Estate
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (23)
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Look Aug 2011, Aug 2011, 45 (colour illus.). reproduction only
'Years of enrichment: The society reaches another milestone' by Craig Bush, pg. 12-15., Look May 2009, May 2009, 13 (colour illus.), 14.
'Presenting our own artists: how the AGS put balance into the Australian collection' by Barry Pearce, pg. 42-44., Look: 1953-2003 celebrating 50 years May 2003, May 2003, 43.
'Reconstructing Robert Klippel', interviews by Zoja Bojic., Australian art review Mar 2003-Jun 2003, Mar 2003-Jun 2003, front cover (colour illus.).
'The ghost in the machine: Robert Klippel at the Art Gallery of New South Wales' by Michael Desmond, pg. 28-31., Art Monthly Australia Oct 2002, Oct 2002, 29.
'From junk to genius, it's all here' by Bruce James., The Sydney Morning Herald 21 Aug 2002, 21 Aug 2002, (illus.).
'A quintessential 20th century artist: poetic synthesis of things organic and mechanical' by Deborah Edwards, pg. 22-26., Look Aug 2002, Aug 2002, 22 (colour illus.).
'Make it new' by Paul McGillick', pg, 58-62., Indesign Aug 2002, Aug 2002, 60 (colour illus.).
Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Robert Klippel, Domain, 2002, 37, 38, 47 (colour illus.), 53, 247.
Robert Klippel: Catalogue raisonné of sculpture 2002, 2002, (illus.). No. 48 Entities suspended from a detector
'A sculptor of singular vision' by Deborah Edwards., The Sydney Morning Herald 20 Jun 2001, 20 Jun 2001, 20 (illus.). Obituary by Deborah Edwards for the Metropolitan Section
'Australian Focus on Madame Sophie' by David Tunny, pg. 15., Look Nov 1998, Nov 1998, 15.
Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Steven Miller (Australia) (Author), Australian Collection Focus: James Gleeson & Robert Klippel Madame Sophie Sesostoris (a pre-raphaelite satire) 1947-48, Sydney, 1998, colour illus..
Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), Robert Klippel: large wood sculptures and collages, Domain, 1995, 14, 32.
Graeme Sullivan (b.1951) (Author), Seeing Australia: views of artists and artwriters, Annandale, 1994, 101 (illus.).
National Gallery of Australia (Australia, estab. 1982) (Editor), Surrealism: Revolution by night, Canberra, 1993, 246 (colour illus.).
Maudie Palmer (b.1944) (Author), Robert Klippel: a retrospective exhibition of sculpture and works on paper, Bulleen, 1987, 3.
James Gleeson (Australia, b.1915, d.2008) (Author), Robert Klippel, Kensington, 1983, 56 (colour illus.), 57-58, 463. plate no. 51; titled 'Opus 48 'Entities suspended from a detector''
Ken Scarlett (b.1927) (Author), Australian Sculptors, Melbourne, 1980, 323, 324 (illus.).
Clem Lloyd (Author), Peter Sekuless (Author), Australia's national collections, North Ryde, 1980, 260 (illus.).
Graeme Sturgeon (Australia, b.1936, d.1990) (Author), The development of Australian sculpture, 1788-1975, London, 1978, 145 (illus.). plate no. 86
Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly Jul 1971, Jul 1971, 608, 619 (illus.). Special Gifts
'Robert Klippel' by Robert Hughes., Art and Australia [series 5, vol. 2, no. 1] May 1964-Jul 1964, May 1964-Jul 1964, 21 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (10)
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James Gleeson and Robert Klippel, The London Gallery Ltd., 09 Nov 1948–04 Dec 1948.
Klippel: sculptures & dessins, Galerie Nina Dausset, 04 May 1949 -.
Abstract compositions: paintings - sculpture, Macquarie Galleries, 08 May 1951–21 May 1951.
Robert Klippel: collage and drawings 1947-1983 (1983-84), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Nov 1983–03 Jan 1984.
Surrealism: Revolution by Night, National Gallery of Australia, 13 Mar 1993–02 May 1993.
Surrealism: Revolution by Night, Queensland Art Gallery, 21 May 1993–11 Jul 1993.
Surrealism: Revolution by Night, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 30 Jul 1993–19 Sep 1993.
Australian Collection Focus: James Gleeson and Robert Klippel: Madame Sophie Sesostoris, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 01 Nov 1998–24 Jan 1999.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
Robert Klippel: a tribute exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 09 Aug 2002–13 Oct 2002.
