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Harry Boyd posing for the sandstone sculpture 'Opus 24' 1946 by Robert Klippel
1946
About
Harry Boyd was a friend of Robert Klippel's from 1943. Klippel wrote in his notebook: "The job I am doing of Harry in stone - I can't put into words how I feel about his bigness, about obvious things in the man - I would like to be able to express through one volume, if it were possible, the essence of the thing felt - everything in one shape.". The final work 'No. 24 Harry Boyd' 1946 is in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
Details
Date
1946
Materials used
gelatin silver photograph
Dimensions
10.7 x 15.2 cm image; 11.3 x 15.7 cm sheet
Signature & date
Not signed. Dated upper c., verso, ink "1946".
Credit
National Art Archive. Gift of Andrew Klippel 2017. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program
Location
Not on display
Accession number
ARC409.1.82
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Harry Boyd posing for the sandstone sculpture 'Opus 24' 1946 by Robert Klippel
Place
Where the work was made
Sydney
Referenced in 2 publications
Bibliography
James Gleeson, Robert Klippel, Kensington, 1983, page 18. from his notebook
James Gleeson, Robert Klippel, Kensington, 1983, page 20. plate 9