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An image of No 43 Fever chart by Robert Klippel

Robert Klippel

(Australia, United States of America 19 Jun 1920–19 Jun 2001)

Title
No 43 Fever chart
Other titles:
Opus 43
Opus 43 Fever chart
Place of origin
London → England
Year
1948
Media category
Sculpture
Materials used
elm and various wood and jigsaw parts assemblage, painted with gouache
Dimensions

68.3 x 20.3 x 19.4cm

Signature & date
Signed and dated on base, incised "RK 48/ ...".
Credit
Gift of the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1970
Accession number
SA2.1970
Copyright
© Robert Klippel Estate
Location
20th & 21st c Australian art
Bibliography (15)

'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.

'Man & machine' by Deborah Edwards, pg. 42., State of the arts Oct 2002-Dec 2002, Oct 2002-Dec 2002, 42 (colour illus.).

'The ghost in the machine: Robert Klippel at the Art Gallery of New South Wales' by Michael Desmond., Art Monthly Australia Oct 2002, Oct 2002, 29, 30 (colour illus.).

Robert Klippel: Catalogue raisonné of sculpture 2002, 2002, (colour illus.). No. 43 Fever chart

Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Robert Klippel, Domain, 2002, 40, 48-49 (colour illus.), 247.

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

'Robert Klippel: make it new' by Deborah Edwards, pg. 78-85., Art and Australia (Vol. 40, No. 1) Sep 2002-Nov 2002, Sep 2002-Nov 2002, 80 (colour 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, 25 (colour illus.).

'Australian Focus on Madame Sophie' by David Tunny, pg. 15., Look Nov 1998, Nov 1998, 3 (colour illus., detail), 15 (colour illus.).

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, 18 (colour illus.), 34.

Maudie Palmer (b.1944) (Author), Robert Klippel: a retrospective exhibition of sculpture and works on paper, Bulleen, 1987, 3, 4 (colour illus.), 7.

James Gleeson (Australia, b.1915, d.2008) (Author), Robert Klippel, Kensington, 1983, 55 (illus., colour illus.), 57, 463. plate nos. 49-50; titled 'Opus 43 'Fever chart''

Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly Jul 1971, Jul 1971, front cover (illus., two tone), 606, 608. Special Gifts

'Robert Klippel' by Robert Hughes., Art and Australia [series 5, vol. 2, no. 1] May 1964-Jul 1964, May 1964-Jul 1964, 23 (colour illus.).

Exhibition history (6)

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

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

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

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.