JAMES TOWER
GLACIER 5 , 1982 (Executed)
Lot #201 |
2020-03-17 |
Sotheby's, London
Made in Britain
Category:
Sculpture
Estimate:
GBP 3,000 - 5,000 (currency of sale)
USD 3,852 - 6,420 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L20144
Auction name: Made in Britain
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2020-03-17
Currency: GBP
Source:
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century Art
Department: Sculpture & 3D Art
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Dimensions: diameter: 30.5 cm.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
30.5
Width In Centimeters:
30.5
Height In Inches:
12
Width In Inches:
12
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Year notes: Executed in 1982.
Provenance
<p>Gimpel Fils, London, 1982</p><p> Private Collection</p><p> Sale, Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 15th April 2015, lot 602, where acquired by the present owner</p><p> </p><p> </p>
Literature
<p>Timothy Wilcox, <em>The Ceramic Art of James Tower,</em> Lund Humphries, Farnham, 2012, cat. no.151, illustrated p.158.</p>
Catalog summary
JAMES TOWER 1919-1988 GLACIER 5 signed; also titled and numbered on a label affixed to the underside earthenware with a black and white tin glaze diameter: 30.5cm.; 12in. Executed in 1982.