Robert Klippel Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Robert Klippel Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 27, 2024
ROBERT KLIPPEL 1920-2001 No. 254 (1970) metal 177 cm (high)
Est: $100,000 - $150,000
ROBERT KLIPPEL 1920-2001 No. 254 (1970) metal 177 cm (high) PROVENANCE Robert Klippel, Sydney Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above EXHIBITED Klippel, Tuckson and Larter, Holmes à Court Gallery, Perth, 14 September – October 2001, no. 1 Robert Klippel, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 9 August – 13 October 2002, illustrated LITERATURE James Gleeson, Robert Klippel, Bay Books, Sydney, plate 272, pp. 347, 348 (illustrated), 473, ‘Opus 254 Metal Construction' Deborah Edwards, Robert Klippel: A Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture, CD-ROM, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, illustrated Deborah Edwards, Robert Klippel, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, pp. 140, 150 (illustrated), 249, 267
Smith & Singer
Nov. 27, 2024
ROBERT KLIPPEL 1920-2001 No. 210 1967 bronze, unique 22.8 cm (high)
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
ROBERT KLIPPEL 1920-2001 No. 210 1967 bronze, unique signed and dated ‘RK 210 1967' on base 22.8 cm (high) PROVENANCE Robert Klippel, Sydney Bonython Gallery, Sydney Mrs J.C. Dusseldorp, Sydney Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above EXHIBITED Robert Klippel, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, 26 February – 13 March 1968, no. 6 LITERATURE James Gleeson, Robert Klippel, Bay Books, Sydney, plate 196, pp. 290 (illustrated), 471, ‘Opus 210' Deborah Edwards, Robert Klippel: A Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture, CD-ROM, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, illustrated
Smith & Singer
Nov. 25, 2024
Robert Klippel, (1920-2001), Untitled, 1993, collage on paper, 17 x 23 cm
Est: $800 - $1,200
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) Untitled, 1993 collage on paper signed and dated l.m. 'RK. '93', inscribed verso '94/24/073'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Oct. 17, 2024
ROBERT KLIPPEL, (1920 - 2001), Untitled No.33, 1984, collage and graphite on paper, 23 x 29.5 cm. (9.0 x 11.6 in.), frame: 50 x 56 x 3 cm. (19.6 x 22.0 x 1.1 in.)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920 - 2001) Untitled No.33, 1984 collage and graphite on paper signed and dated lower right: Robert Klippel 1984
Lawsons
Sep. 24, 2024
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) Rosemary Madigan (1926-2019), No. 1033, 1998, wood assemblage, Height: 30 cm
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) Rosemary Madigan (1926-2019) No. 1033, 1998 wood assemblage sculpture made by Robert Klippel and collaboratively painted by Klippel and Rosemary Madigan, numbered and signed to base '1033 MK'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Sep. 17, 2024
ROBERT KLIPPEL, NO. 434, 1982
Est: $12,000 - $16,000
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920 - 2001) NO. 434, 1982 bronze 89.5 x 21.5 x 21.0 cm edition: 2/6 signed, dated and inscribed on base: RK / No 434 / 83 2/6 PROVENANCE Private collection, Sydney Sotheby's, Melbourne, 14 August 2012, lot 45 John Barnes, Melbourne, acquired from the above The Estate of John Barnes, Melbourne EXHIBITED Robert Klippel: Bronze Sculptures & Works on Paper, Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne, 14 November – 1 December 1984, cat. 7 (another example) Robert Klippel, Australian Art Resources, Melbourne, 9 August – 28 September 2001, cat. 1 (illus. in exhibition catalogue p.9 (another example)) LITERATURE Edwards, D., Robert Klippel: Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture, CD-ROM, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, cat. 434 RELATED WORK No. 434a, wood assemblage, 92.5 cm (height), painted by Rosemary Madigan 1998, The Estate of Rosemary Madigan, New South Wales Another example from this edition is held in the Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra © Andrew Klippel. Courtesy of The Robert Klippel Estate, represented by Annette Larkin Fine Art, Sydney and Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich/Copyright Agency, 2024 This work is located in our Melbourne gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
Aug. 27, 2024
Robert Klippel, (1920-2001), 140 Relief sculpture, bronze relief, 8 x 28.5 x 18 cm
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) 140 bronze relief
Shapiro Auctioneers
Aug. 26, 2024
Robert Klippel, Australia (1920-2001), No. 185 Metal Construction 1965, Brazed steel & found objects
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Robert Klippel Australia (1920-2001) No. 185 Metal Construction 1965 Brazed steel & found objects
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Aug. 25, 2024
Robert Klippel
Est: $100 - $150
Robert Klippel by Deborah Edwards and Photography by Jenni Carter. Published by Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2002. Quarto paperback.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Aug. 22, 2024
ROBERT KLIPPEL, UNTITLED,
Est: $800 - $1,200
ROBERT KLIPPEL, UNTITLED, INK AND COLLAGE ON PAPER, UNSIGNED, 15 X 25.5CM, FRAME SIZE: 41 X 50CM
Leonard Joel
Aug. 21, 2024
ROBERT KLIPPEL 1920-2001 No. 724 (King of the West) 1988 18 ct gold, 6.5 ozs, unique 15 x 7 x 3.5 cm
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ROBERT KLIPPEL 1920-2001 No. 724 (King of the West) 1988 18 ct gold, 6.5 ozs, unique signed, dated and inscribed 'RK.88. / 724' on base 15 x 7 x 3.5 cm PROVENANCE Robert Klippel, Sydney Pancontinental Mining Limited, commissioned from the above in 1988 Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1989 EXHIBITED Kalgoorlie Gold: An Exhibition of Gold Sculptures by Robert Klippel, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 February – 5 March 1989, no. 12, 'King of the West', illustrated LITERATURE Edmund Capon and Deborah Edwards, Kalgoorlie Gold: An Exhibition of Gold Sculptures by Robert Klippel, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, n.p. (illustrated) Deborah Edwards, Robert Klippel: A Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture, CD-ROM, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, as 'No. 734 (?)', illustrated
Smith & Singer
Jul. 30, 2024
ROBERT KLIPPEL, NO. 375, 1981
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920 – 2001) NO. 375, 1981 bronze 17.0 cm (height) unique cast signed with initials and dated at base: RK 81 inscribed with title on base: 375 PROVENANCE Mr and Mrs Les Wild, Sydney, acquired directly from the artist Private collection, Sydney Thence by descent Private collection, Sydney LITERATURE Gleeson, J., Robert Klippel, Bay Books, Sydney, 1983, pl. 386, p. 419 (illus.) Edwards, D., Robert Klippel, Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture, (CD ROM), Deborah Edwards and the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002 Gmurzynska, K., Robert Klippel, Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich, 2013, pp. 60, 61 (illus.) © Andrew Klippel. Courtesy of The Robert Klippel Estate, represented by Annette Larkin Fine Art, Sydney and Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich/Copyright Agency, 2024 This work is located in our Sydney Gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
Jun. 26, 2024
Robert Klippel, Australian 1920-2001, No. 774, 1989, wooden assemblage, 147cm wide 85cm deep 127cm high
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Robert Klippel Australian, 1920-2001 No. 774, 1989 wooden assemblage Recorded in Deborah Edwards, A Catalogue Raisonné of Sculptures by Robert Klippel, Art Gallery of NSW CD-ROM, 2002, No. 774 Bearing numbers BK2-580 Robert Klippel became a model maker at the Navy Gunnery in 1943. With little in the way of a formal art background, he began a sculpture course at East Sydney Technical College the following year, exploring the figure through life drawing, modeling in clay, and carving in stone and wood. In 1947, Klippel left Australia for London where he studied at the Slade School. During the 1950's Klippel began the principal quest of his European years ‘to seek the inter-relationship between the cogwheel and the bud'. At the end of 1948 Klippel and James Gleeson arrived in Paris, the ‘dream city of surrealism', ( An art-form Klippel briefly flirted with ) where they met André Breton and other French surrealists back from New York after the war. Returning to Sydney in 1950, Klippel mixed with abstract artists, exhibiting with William Rose, John Olsen, John Passmore and Eric Smith in Direction I in 1956. In 1957, Klippel moved to New York and rented a studio from his friend, the assemblage artist Richard Stankiewicz. Alerted to the accidental but unlimited vocabulary of shapes available in junk metals, he began to create rigorously abstract yet metaphorically ‘alive' assemblages of spiky and bristling forms from mundane materials such as typewriter parts, sending 19 back to Sydney for an exhibition at the Clune Gallery. The success of the exhibition prompted Klippel's return to Sydney in 1963 where he continued to work with junk machine parts unmoved by the advent of minimal and conceptual trends in sculpture. Experimenting with bronze in the late 1960s led to greater scale and simplicity in his work, and he began to employ wood, plastic and metal to create both monumental and miniature sculptures. The linking theme of work of this era was ‘sculpture-in-the-landscape', which referenced both human scale and nature, revealed in his No 202 Metal Construction 1966 in which welded steel and found objects are synthesised into a resolved sculptural form that hovers between the organic and the mechanical. For the last three decades of his life, Klippel worked out of separate studio-rooms in his harbour-side home in the suburb of Birchgrove, engaging in the different activities of drawing, collage, welding, woodwork, clay modelling and plastic assemblage that responded to the creative principles he had established decades earlier. His last significant series, including massive assemblages such as No 714 Wooden prototype for Adelaide Plaza bronze 1988, utilised discarded wooden patterns for machine parts discovered in an industrial foundry in Ultimo.
Artvisory
Jun. 23, 2024
ROBERT KLIPPEL AO (1920 - 2001) SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Est: -
ROBERT KLIPPEL AO (1920 - 2001) SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA BRONZE SCULTPURE No RK 429 82 2/8 KLIPPEL WAS A CONSTUCTIVIST SCULPTOR, ARTIST AND TEACHER . HE IS OFTEN DESCRIBED IN CONTEMPORARY ART LITERATURE AS AUSTRALIA'S GREATEST SCULPTOR. STANDS 84CM H SIGNED TO BASE
Yarra Valley Auctions
May. 26, 2024
KLIPPEL Robert (1920-2001), No. 465, 1983., Bronze on Marble Base 6/100, H31cm (incl. base)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
KLIPPEL, Robert (1920-2001) No. 465, 1983. Initialled, dated and numbered to base. Bronze on Marble Base 6/100 H31cm (incl. base)
Davidson Auctions
May. 21, 2024
Robert Klippel, (1920-2001), Untitled, 1990, collage, charcoal on paper, 35 x 42 cm
Est: $800 - $1,200
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) Untitled, 1990 collage, charcoal on paper signed and dated lower right corner ‘R.K. '90'
Shapiro Auctioneers
May. 21, 2024
Robert Klippel, (1920-2001), Abstract, 1949, ink on paper, 42 x 31 cm
Est: $800 - $1,200
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) Abstract, 1949 ink on paper signed and dated l.r.c. 'RK, 1949'
Shapiro Auctioneers
May. 21, 2024
Robert Klippel, (1920-2001), Forms, 1954, pencil on paper, 27.5 x 38 cm
Est: $800 - $1,200
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) Forms, 1954 pencil on paper signed l.r.c. 'RK, 8/54'
Shapiro Auctioneers
May. 21, 2024
Robert Klippel, (1920-2001), No. 465, 1983, bronze, height 31 cm
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) No. 465, 1983 bronze edition: 52/100, signed, dated and numbered to base 'RK, '83, 52/100'
Shapiro Auctioneers
May. 21, 2024
Robert Klippel, (1920-2001), No. 901, 1998, wood assemblage, height 15 cm
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) No. 901, 1998 wood assemblage signed, titled and dated to base 'RK, 901, '98'
Shapiro Auctioneers
May. 21, 2024
Robert Klippel, (1920-2001), No. 698, 1988, wood assemblage, height 123 cm
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) No. 698, 1988 wood assemblage
Shapiro Auctioneers
May. 07, 2024
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) No. 458, 1982 height: 113.0cm (44 1/2in).
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) No. 458, 1982 signed, dated and inscribed to base: 'RK No 458. 82 1/6' bronze, edition 1 of 6 height: 113.0cm (44 1/2in).
Bonhams
Apr. 29, 2024
Robert Edward Klippel, Australia (1920-2001), Collage 2 1987, Collage & fibre tipped pen on paper
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Robert Edward Klippel Australia (1920-2001) Collage 2 1987 Collage & fibre tipped pen on paper Initialed & dated lower right RK 87 50 x 63 cm framed 74.5 x 85.5 cm Inscribed, titled & dated, verso "To David, Happy Birthday, ...... f... R.b..t 19/-/89" insect affected
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Apr. 24, 2024
ROBERT KLIPPEL, NO. 448 BIRDBATH, 1982
Est: $150,000 - $250,000
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920 - 2001) NO. 448 BIRDBATH, 1982 AP2 from an edition of 6 + 2AP bronze 137.0 x 63.5 x 31.0 cm signed with initials, dated and numbered on base: RK 448 82 AP Meridian Melbourne foundry stamp at base PROVENANCE The Estate of the artist, Sydney Annette Larkin Fine Art, Sydney Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 2018 EXHIBITED Robert Klippel, Recent Sculpture and Works on Paper, Watters Gallery, Sydney, 16 November – 10 December 1983, cat. 73 (another example, illus. in exhibition catalogue) Robert Klippel, Bronze Sculptures and Works on Paper, Pinacotheca, Melbourne, 14 November – 1 December 1984, cat. 18 (another example, illus. on front cover of exhibition catalogue) Robert Klippel, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 9 August – 13 October 2002 (another example) Art in The Park XI 2013: Robert Klippel, Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich, June – August 2013 LITERATURE Edwards, D., Robert Klippel, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, pp. 193 (illus.), 250 Edwards, D., Robert Klippel: A Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture, CD–ROM, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, cat. 448 (illus., another example) Robert Klippel – The American & European Years, Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich, 2013, pp. 64 – 65 (illus.) RELATED WORK Another example from this edition is held in the Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra ESSAY With an unwavering artistic vision and continued inventiveness of form Robert Klippel became one of Australia’s most preeminent and original sculptors. In the early 1980s, the fourth decade of his artistic career, Klippel experienced a burst of creative activity stimulated by his rediscovery of wood – a material not employed since his early carvings some forty years prior. No. 448 Birdbath, 1982 is a singular work in Klippel’s late oeuvre. Although its form is typically uncompromisingly abstract and geometric, the rare addition of a descriptive epithet for its first public exhibition1, Birdbath, adds a humorous and functional dimension to this monumental bronze cast. This title also recalls Klippel’s early flair for surrealist automatism and his continued use of the scavenged, found object. Birdbath, a table-like form, is constructed of a shallow hexagonal basin perched on a column of two stacked vertical blocks, topped with several jaunty curved elements, evenly balancing on the rim and extending joyfully into three dimensions. In 1980, the burgeoning Australian National Gallery advertised their intention to commission contemporary Australian sculpture for their outdoor garden, piquing Klippel’s interest and sparking a new direction in his work towards monumental constructions in wood and bronze.2 Birdbath and over a hundred other constructions from this decade were borne from a vast pre-existing cache of wooden objects that the artist had stored in his Birchgrove home studio, a trove which Klippel called a ‘field’.3 These geometric fragments were obsolete pattern-parts of machinery, originally used to create moulds for metal castings, and had been found by chance by Klippel’s friend, the artist Colin Lancely between October 1963 and June 1964, in a disused store belonging to Morts, a shipbuilding firm operating a dry-dock in Balmain from the mid-19th century. For Klippel, a former WWII navy officer and engineer, the maritime applications of these blocky sections held special significance. Unlike Lanceley, whose baroque assemblages commenced immediately, Klippel waited some 20 years before incorporating the wooden parts into his sculptures, either retaining their original bright painted surfaces, or, as in Birdbath, sanded smooth and cast in monochrome bronze with ‘stately solemnity.’4 In incorporating into his constructions fragments of real machinery, Klippel’s doggedly abstract sculptures are animated with a poetic synthesis of industrial-mechanical and organic energies. Although using a base formal lexicon of arbours and cogs, pinions and axles, Klippel’s curved forms on the top of this construction echo the dynamic shapes of birds in flight, noisily enjoying a bath. A poetically simple composition, Birdbath is stripped down to a formal arrangement of a static and rectilinear base juxtaposed with an exuberant and asymmetric capital requiring a viewing in the round. Freestanding and bearing no fixed point of view, the viewer’s eye is instead drawn in multiple directions and perspectives. These additions to the top of the composition display a free and spontaneous handling of forms, placed casually as if by chance and defying physics by having been cast solidly together in perpetuity. 1. In the catalogue for Robert Klippel, Recent Sculpture and Works on Paper, Watters Gallery, Sydney, 15 November - 10 December 1983, No. 448 is both illustrated on the cover of the catalogue and features in the large list of 75 bronze sculptures as the only work with a descriptive title in addition to the consecutive RK number. The same is true for the Pinacotheca exhibition the following year. 2. Edwards, D., Robert Klippel, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, p. 188 3. Ibid. 4. Gleeson, J., Robert Klippel, Bay Books, Sydney, 1983, p. 413 LUCIE REEVES-SMITH © Andrew Klippel. Courtesy of The Robert Klippel Estate, represented by Annette Larkin Fine Art, Sydney and Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich/Copyright Agency, 2024
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 27, 2024
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920-2001), No. 372B 1981
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MR RODNEY MENZIES, MELBOURNE ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920-2001) No. 372B 1981 bronze 252.0 x 56.0 x 47.0 cm edition: 4/6 signed with initials, dated, inscribed and numbered to base: RK 372 ’81 4/6
Menzies
Mar. 12, 2024
Robert Klippel, (1920-2001), Forms, 1953, pencil on paper, 27 x 37 cm (unframed)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) Forms, 1953 pencil on paper signed and dated l.r.c. ‘RK, ‘1/55'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Dec. 04, 2023
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920-2001) No. 859 1988 (cast in 2004) bronze, ed. 1/3 + 1AP Height 50.5cm, Width 40cm (approx.), Depth 25cm (approx.)
Est: $18,000 - $24,000
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920-2001) No. 859 1988 (cast in 2004) bronze, ed. 1/3 + 1AP initialled and titled to lower element: RK #859 inscribed: CRAWFORD CASTING 2004 Height 50.5cm, Width 40cm (approx.), Depth 25cm (approx.) PROVENANCE: Private collection, Sydney OTHER NOTES: Related Works: No. 859, 1988, balsa wood assemblage, 50.7 cm, in Edwards, D, Robert Klippel: Catalogue Raisonne of Sculptures, (CD-ROM) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002 (illus.) © Andrew Klippel. Courtesy of The Robert Klippel Estate, represented by Annette Larkin Fine Art, Sydney and Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich/Copyright Agency, 2023
Leonard Joel
Nov. 29, 2023
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920-2001), No. 462 1982
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920-2001) No. 462 1982 bronze 41.0 cm height edition: 5/6 signed with initials, dated, numbered and inscribed to base: RK.462.82 5/6 Meridian Sculpture, Melbourne, stamped to base
Menzies
Nov. 29, 2023
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920-2001), No. 1226 c1968-2001
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920-2001) No. 1226 c1968-2001 steel construction on wooden base 22.5 x 25.0 x 9.5 cm unique signed with initials and dated lower centre: RK '01
Menzies
Nov. 25, 2023
KLIPPEL Robert (1920-2001), Untitled, 1999., S/Print A/P, 56x76cm
Est: $400 - $600
KLIPPEL, Robert (1920-2001) Untitled, 1999. Dedication verso in hand of the artist. S/Print A/P 56x76cm
Davidson Auctions
Nov. 21, 2023
ROBERT KLIPPEL 1920-2001 No. 586 1984 bronze, unique
Est: $45,000 - $65,000
ROBERT KLIPPEL 1920-2001 No. 586 1984 bronze, unique signed, dated and inscribed 'RK.84. / 586' on base 19.8 cm (high) No. 588 1984 bronze, unique signed, dated and inscribed ‘RK.84. / 588' on base 20.8 cm (high) No. 589 1984 bronze, unique signed, dated and inscribed ‘RK.84 / 589' on base 18.9 cm (high) No. 595 1984 bronze, unique signed, dated and inscribed ‘RK.84 / 595' on base 15.8 cm (high) No. 609 1984 bronze, unique signed, dated and inscribed ‘RK.84. / 609' on base 28.1 cm (high) No. 610 1984 bronze, unique signed, dated and inscribed ‘RK.84. / 610' on base 30.7 cm (high) No. 619 1984 bronze, unique signed, dated and inscribed ‘RK.84. / 619' on base 14.8 cm (high) PROVENANCE Robert Klippel, Sydney Watters Gallery, Sydney Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1988 EXHIBITED Australian Contemporary Australian Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 23-31 July 1988 LITERATURE Deborah Edwards, Robert Klippel: A Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture, CD-ROM, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, cat. no. 586, illustrated, cat. no. 588, illustrated, cat. no. 589, illustrated, cat. no. 595, illustrated, cat. no. 609, illustrated, cat. no. 610, illustrated, cat. no. 619, illustrated
Smith & Singer
Oct. 08, 2023
KLIPPEL Robert (1920-2001), Untitled, 1954., Ink & Collage, 50x35.5cm
Est: $800 - $1,500
KLIPPEL, Robert (1920-2001) Untitled, 1954. Signed verso. Ink & Collage 50x35.5cm
Davidson Auctions
Oct. 08, 2023
KLIPPEL Robert (1920-2001), Untitled, 1984., Mixed Media on Paper, 10.5x15.5cm
Est: $700 - $1,200
KLIPPEL, Robert (1920-2001) Untitled, 1984. Initialled and dated lower right. Mixed Media on Paper 10.5x15.5cm PROVENANCE: Lawsons, Sydney, 21st May 1996 (lot 338)
Davidson Auctions
Sep. 20, 2023
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) Abstract Form, 1950
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
ink and wash on paper, inscribed and dated l.m. 'To Tony Best Wishes from Bob, 1950'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Sep. 20, 2023
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) No. 408, 1981
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
bronze, signed and dated to base RK, '81' inscribed with title to base '408'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Sep. 20, 2023
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) Abstract, 1961
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
watercolour on paper, signed and dated l.m. 'RK, 1961'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Sep. 20, 2023
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) Forms, 1953
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
pencil on paper, signed and dated l.r.c. 'RK, '1/55'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Sep. 19, 2023
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920-2001) No 905 1998 painted wood 43 x 20.8 x 8.5cm
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920-2001) No 905 1998 painted wood initaled, dated and titled to base: R K / 905.98 43 x 20.8 x 8.5cm PROVENANCE: Watters Gallery, Sydney Marlene Antico, Sydney Sotheby's, Fine Australian & International Paintings, Melbourne, 24 November 2003, lot 215 Private collection, Sydney Deutscher~Menzies, Major Fine Art Auction, Sydney, 23 September 2009, lot 1 Private collection EXHIBITIONS: Robert Klippel - Fifty New Sculptures, Watters Gallery, Sydney, 11-28 November 1998, cat. 30 LITERATURE: Robert Klippel - Fifty New Sculptures, Watters Gallery, Sydney, 1998, col. illus. cat. 30 (unpaginated) Edwards, D, Robert Klippel: A Catalogue Raisonne of Sculpture, (CD-Rom), Deborah Edwards and the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, illus. 905
Leonard Joel
Sep. 19, 2023
§ ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920-2001) Untitled 1981 ink and gouache on paper 27 x 36cm
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
§ ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920-2001) Untitled 1981 ink and gouache on paper signed and dated lower right: 7/81 Robert Klippel 27 x 36cm PROVENANCE: Frank O'Keefe, Sydney, gift from the artist James Gleeson, Sydney Bonhams & Goodman, Sydney, 27 August 2009, lot 84 Private collection, Sydney Deutscher & Hackett, Important Australian and International Fine Art, Melbourne, 27 November 2013, Lot 87 The Estate of Dr Paul Sutherland, Sydney LITERATURE: James Gleeson, Robert Klippel, Bay Books, Sydney, 1983, cat. LS 124, p. 456 (illus.)
Leonard Joel
Aug. 29, 2023
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) No. 440, 1982 height: 56.0cm (22 1/16in).
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Robert Klippel (1920-2001) No. 440, 1982 signed, dated and inscribed to base: 'R.K. No. 440. '82 1/6' bronze, edition 1 of 6 height: 56.0cm (22 1/16in).
Bonhams
Aug. 25, 2023
Robert Klippel
Est: $100 - $150
Robert Klippel by Deborah Edwards and Photography by Jenni Carter. Published by Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2002. Quarto paperback.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Aug. 20, 2023
KLIPPEL Robert (1920-2001), No. 465, 1983., Bronze 87/100, H30cm
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
KLIPPEL, Robert (1920-2001) No. 465, 1983. Initialled, numbered and dated to base. Lot includes original box. Bronze 87/100 H30cm
Davidson Auctions
Jul. 19, 2023
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920-2001) No. 465 1983 bronze, ed. 30/100 31 x 8cm
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920-2001) No. 465 1983 bronze, ed. 30/100 initialled and dated at base: RK 83 editioned at base 31 x 8cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne LITERATURE: Edwards, D., Robert Klippel: A Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture, (CD-Rom), Deborah Edwards and the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002 OTHER NOTES: with the accompanying book Robert Klippel by James Gleeson Regarded as the most exceptional body of work produced by an Australian sculptor, Robert Klippel's artistic legacy remains unparalleled. Influenced by the intricate details and abundance found in both natural and man-made environments, and by his quest for a spiritually relevant form. His sculptures are characterised by their extraordinary imaginative flair, rooted in the fundamental principles of 20th-century modernism. © Robert Klippel/Copyright Agency, 2023
Leonard Joel
Jun. 28, 2023
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920-2001), No. 331 1979
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920-2001) No. 331 1979 brazed steel and found objects 28.0 x 22.0 x 17.0 cm
Menzies
May. 23, 2023
ROBERT KLIPPEL, NO. 286 METAL CONSTRUCTION, 1973
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
ROBERT KLIPPEL (1920 - 2001) NO. 286 METAL CONSTRUCTION, 1973 welded and brazed steel 24.5 cm (height) unique PROVENANCE Mr and Mrs Wild, Sydney, acquired directly from the artist Bill and Ann Burge collection, Sydney Thence by descent Private collection, Sydney EXHIBITED The Les Wild Collection - Sculptures and Works on Paper by Robert Klippel, Watters Gallery, Sydney, 1997, cat. 3 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, n.p.) LITERATURE Gleeson, J., Robert Klippel, Bay Books, Sydney, 1983, pl. 281, pp. 352 (illus., as 'Opus 286 Metal Construction), 475 Edwards, D., Robert Klippel: Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture, (CD ROM), Deborah Edwards and the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002 (illus., as 'Opus 286 Metal Construction, CD–ROM Artworks, no. 286) © Andrew Klippel. Courtesy of The Robert Klippel Estate, represented by Annette Larkin Fine Art, Sydney and Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich/Copyright Agency, 2023 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery This work is in excellent, stable and original condition. The work recently underwent and light surface clean to remove surface dust and a fresh application of oil was applied to the surface.
Deutscher and Hackett
May. 23, 2023
Robert Klippel (1920-2001)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Abstract, 1977 colour pastel on paper, signed and dated l.r.c. 'RK, 1977'
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Robert Klippel (1920-2001)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Abstract, 1991 collage on paper, signed and dated l.m. 'RK, '91'
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Robert Klippel (1920-2001)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Abstract, 1963 collage on paper, signed and dated l.r.c. 'RK, '7/63'
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