Robert Klippel
(United States of America, Australia 19 Jun 1920–19 Jun 2001)
- Title
- No 714 Wooden prototype for Adelaide Plaza bronze
- Other titles:
- Wooden prototype for Adelaide Plaza bronze, Adelaide, Opus 714
- Year
- 1988
- Media
- Sculpture
- Medium
- wood assemblage
- Dimensions
- 300.0 x 350.0 x 135.0cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1989
- Accession number
- 57.1989
- Copyright
- © Robert Klippel Estate
- Location
- Entrance court
- Further information
Throughout the 1980s Klippel worked on a series of large wooden assemblages composed of discarded wooden patterns for machine parts. Colin Lanceley had discovered them in an industrial foundry in Ultimo during 1964. Decades later they proved ideal material for Klippel's explorations into the subtle relationships of mass, volume and planes. 'Opus 714' is a masterwork from this series. It grew out of Klippel's earlier experiments with photographic collages, as in 'Philadelphia', 1979, also in the Gallery's collection.
Often considered a miniaturist, Klippel reveals in 'Opus 714' a shift towards large, monumental forms. He has achieved an apparently random yet perfectly balanced composition of dramatic colour, space and solid frontality. The disparate elements in 'Opus 714' have been brought into an asymmetrical yet balanced whole, in which the relationships of the static parts create an 'organic' energy.
- Bibliography (20)
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Cubism & Australian art (2009), Sue Cramer (Author), Lesley Harding (Australia) (Author), Heide Museum of Modern Art (Australia, estab. 1999), The Miegunyah Press (Australia), Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The Australian (05 Sep 2007), Michael Stutchbury (Australia, active post 2001) (Editor), News Limited (Australia), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Look (Oct 2005), Jill Sykes (Australia) (Editor), 10pm [print management] (Australia), Newtown, New South Wales, Australia.
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The Weekend Australian (05 Oct 2002-06 Oct 2002), Michael Stutchbury (Australia, active post 2001) (Editor), News Limited (Australia), Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The Australian (23 Aug 2002), Michael Stutchbury (Australia, active post 2001) (Editor), News Limited (Australia), Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
La Fiamma (07 Aug 2002), Giucio Montagna (Australia) (Editor), La Fiamma Publishing (NSW) Pty Ltd (Australia, estab. 1947), Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Robert Klippel (2002), Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Robert Klippel: Catalogue raisonné of sculpture (2002), Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Curator), Natalie Wilson (Australia) (Assistant Curator), Eric Riddler (Australia) (Compilator), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The Australian (20 Jun 2001), Michael Stutchbury (Australia, active post 2001) (Editor), News Limited (Australia), Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Enter Art (2000), Lisa Slade (Author), Rachael Kirsten (Australia) (Author), NSW Department of Education and Training Curriculum Support Directorate (Australia), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Artist's palette (2000), Editor Unknown (Copy Editor), Express Publications (Australia), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Aspects of Australian art (2000), Ursula Prunster (Australia) (Author), Jonathan Cooper (Australia) (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook (1999), Bruce James (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Director), Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Robert Klippel: large wood sculptures and collages (1995), Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Older Australian masters: an exhibition of works by major Australian artists executed in the later years of their careers (1991), Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Exhibition history (3)
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Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, (04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000), at Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Art Gallery Rd Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2000.
Older Australian masters: an exhibition of works by major Australian artists executed in the later years of their careers, (16 Mar 1992–12 Apr 1992), at Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Art Gallery Rd Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2000.
Robert Klippel: large wood sculptures and collages (1995), (22 Jun 1995–13 Aug 1995), at Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Art Gallery Rd Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2000.