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1 de nov. de 2024

William Harper (b. 1944) Brooch Jabberwock (Knee Play) 1976 in Invaluable auction


 

"Description

William Harper
(b. 1944)
Brooch Jabberwock (Knee Play) 1976
Gold and silver cloisonné enamel on fine silver; 14k gold, mirror, claw
6? h × 3 w × 1 ½ d in (16 × 8 × 4 cm)
This lot is located in Chicago.
Property from the Collection of Riva Margalit

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Signed on reverse; The Jabberwock's Jewel, William Harper, 1988.

Note
In this work, Harper pays homage to Lewis Carroll’s back-to-front world that came to life in Through the Looking Glass. Harper’s “knee plays” are titled such after he heard this term used by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass’s in reference to “one-off works that are complete unto themselves, but also have both physical presence and content suggestions of what might follow…”( Adamson, Glenn, and Martha J. Fleischman. Bizarre Beauty; The Art of William Harper. Arnoldsche, 2024, p.40)"

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