15th Apr, 2025 11:00

Design
 
Lot 267
 

HANS COPER (GERMAN-BRITISH 1920-1981)
Preview: Barley Mow Centre

Monumental vessel of composite form, possibly unique, early 1964
Stoneware, layered slips over a textured body
Impressed artists seal
Lower: 57cm, Upper: 64cm. Approximate total height of original vessel: 119cm

Currently in two parts. Significant damage, restoration and losses. Please request full condition report and further images
Note that images showing both sections together have been artificially altered and are for artistic purposes only

Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist. Diary entry documents house visit from Hans Coper to discuss this work
Thence by descent

Literature
Tony Birks, Hans Coper, Stenlake publishing, Paperback 2013, pp.55

Notes
Chiswick Auctions would like to thank the Estate of Jane Coper for the use of photographic images depicting this work
Plowden and Smith have provided a restoration appraisal - contact specialists for details

Sold for £45,990

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