No 48 Entities suspended from a detector

James Gleeson and Robert Klippel, The London Gallery Ltd., London, 09 Nov 1948–04 Dec 1948

Klippel: sculptures & dessins, Galerie Nina Dausset, Paris, 04 May 1949 -

Abstract compositions: paintings - sculpture, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 08 May 1951–21 May 1951

Robert Klippel: collage and drawings 1947-1983 (1983-84), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 Nov 1983–03 Jan 1984

Surrealism: Revolution by Night, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 13 Mar 1993–02 May 1993

Surrealism: Revolution by Night, Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 21 May 1993–11 Jul 1993

Surrealism: Revolution by Night, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Jul 1993–19 Sep 1993

Australian Collection Focus: James Gleeson and Robert Klippel: Madame Sophie Sesostoris, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01 Nov 1998–24 Jan 1999

Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000

Robert Klippel: a tribute exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 09 Aug 2002–13 Oct 2002

Lurid Beauty: Australian Surrealism and its Echoes (working title), Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 09 Oct 2015–31 Jan 2016

20th-Century galleries, ground level (rehang), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Aug 2022–2023

Zoja Bojic., Australian art review, 'Reconstructing Robert Klippel', interviews, Clontarf, Mar 2003-Jun 2003, front cover (colour illus.).

Craig Bush, Look, 'Years of enrichment: The society reaches another milestone', pg. 12-15, Sydney, May 2009, 13 (colour illus.), 14.

Michael Desmond, Art Monthly Australia, 'The ghost in the machine: Robert Klippel at the Art Gallery of New South Wales', pg. 28-31, Canberra, Oct 2002, 29.

Deborah Edwards (Curator), Natalie Wilson (Assistant Curator) and Eric Riddler (Compilator), Robert Klippel: Catalogue raisonné of sculpture, Sydney, 2002, (illus.). No. 48 Entities suspended from a detector

Deborah Edwards., Australian Collection Focus: James Gleeson & Robert Klippel Madame Sophie Sesostoris (a pre-raphaelite satire) 1947-48, 'Below the surface: James Gleeson & Robert Klippel Madame Sophie Sesostoris (a pre-raphaelite satire) 1947-48', Sydney, 1998, colour illus..

Deborah Edwards., The Sydney Morning Herald, 'A sculptor of singular vision', Sydney, 20 Jun 2001, 20 (illus.). Obituary by Deborah Edwards for the Metropolitan Section

Deborah Edwards, Look, 'A quintessential 20th century artist: poetic synthesis of things organic and mechanical', pg. 22-26, Sydney, Aug 2002, 22 (colour illus.).

Deborah Edwards and Edmund Capon AM, OBE, Robert Klippel: large wood sculptures and collages, Sydney, 1995, 14, 32.

Deborah Edwards, Robert Klippel, 'Below the surface: "the cogwheel and the bud", pg. 30-51, Sydney, 2002, 37, 38, 47 (colour illus.), 53, 247.

James Gleeson, Robert Klippel, Kensington, 1983, 56 (colour illus.), 57-58, 463. plate no. 51; titled 'Opus 48 'Entities suspended from a detector''

Robert Hughes., Art and Australia [series 5, vol. 2, no. 1], 'Robert Klippel', Sydney, May 1964-Jul 1964, 21 (colour illus.).

Bruce James., The Sydney Morning Herald, 'From junk to genius, it's all here', Sydney, 21 Aug 2002, (illus.).

Clem Lloyd and Peter Sekuless, Australia's national collections, Sydney, 1980, 260 (illus.).

Paul McGillick', Indesign, 'Make it new', pg, 58-62., Sydney, Aug 2002, 60 (colour illus.).

Hal Missingham (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly, Sydney, Jul 1971, 608, 619 (illus.). Special Gifts

National Gallery of Australia (Editor), Surrealism: Revolution by night, Canberra, 1993, 246 (colour illus.).

Maudia Palmer, Robert Klippel: a retrospective exhibition of sculpture and works on paper, 'Foreward / Acknowledgements', pg. 3, Bulleen, 1987, 3.

Barry Pearce, Look: 1953-2003 celebrating 50 years, 'Presenting our own artists: how the AGS put balance into the Australian collection', pg. 42-44, Sydney, May 2003, 43.

Ken Scarlett, Australian sculptors, Melbourne, 1980, 323, 324 (illus.).

Graeme Sturgeon, The development of Australian sculpture, 1788-1975, London, 1978, 145 (illus.). plate no. 86

Graeme Sullivan, Seeing Australia: views of artists and artwriters, Annandale, 1994, 101 (illus.).

Jill Sykes (Editor), Look, Sydney, Aug 2011. reproduction only

Ann Thomson, Artist's choice: five decades of artists' writing, '1986: Robert Klippel', pg. 44, Australia, 2016, 44, 45 (colour illus.), 179.

David Tunny, Look, 'Australian Focus on Madame Sophie', pg. 15, Heidelberg, Nov 1998, 15.