Auction: 20th Century Design - 2390Location: BostonDate / Time: December 08, 2007 10:00AM
Description:
Robert Adams (British, 1917-1984)
Falling Shapes
Signed in pencil and dated 1955 l.l., numbered "4/25" l.c., titled verso.
Etching, sheet size 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in., matted, unframed.
Condition: Deckled top and bottom edge, two paper tape hinges on left margin to mat verso.
Provenance: The sale of this work will benefit a university art museum.
N.B. See Grieve, Alastair. Robert Adams 1917-1984: A Sculptor's Record,. London: Tate Gallery, 1992, pp. 36-7 for similar prints created in the same year.
Estimate $300-500