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Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
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January 22, 2016 04:00 PMCalender
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Michael Le Grand (Australian, b. 1951) WARP

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$554$450
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2878BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 22, 2016 4:00PM

Description:

Michael Le Grand (Australian, b. 1951)

WARP, 2002
Unsigned.

Painted steel, 31 1/2 x 41 3/8 x 23 1/4 in. (80.0 x 105.0 x 59.0 cm).

Condition: Good.


Provenance: Purchased from the Defiance Gallery, Sydney, Australia, in 2002, to a private Boston and London collection.


N.B. Michael Le Grand is a sculptor and Emeritus Fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra. The artist writes that Warp was part of a series utilizing flat steel bars, rolled, heated, and folded and then utilized in combination with LPG pressure cylinder tank ends. The sculptures were painted with automotive paints. The designs were intended to be light and airy, with the emphasis on drawing in space, along with the active relationship of the various elements.
Estimate $800-1,200


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Michael Le Grand, N.B. Michael Le Grand, Emeritus Fellow, London, Australia, Sydney