John Pearson
( – )
Robert Klippel in his Potts Point workshop
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
In 1954 Robert Klippel established a workshop in the stables at the front of 'Fairhaven', a mansion at 8 Wylde Street in the inner-Sydney suburb of Potts Point. In this photograph taken by John Pearson, he is shown with a number of his metal sculptures made between 1954 and 1957 when he left for New York. In the foreground of the photograph Klippel stands with his work 'Opus 66' 1955, now in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia. Also visible in the photograph are 'Opus 71' 1956-57 and 'Opus 73' 1957.
- Place of origin
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Potts Point,
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
- Year
- 12 Apr 1957
- Media
- Photograph
- Medium
- gelatin silver photograph
- Dimensions
- 15.3 x 22.7 cm image
- Signature & date
Not signed. Dated top c., verso, ink "12. 4. 57".
- Credit
- National Art Archive. Gift of Andrew Klippel 2017. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program
- Accession number
- ARC409.1.178
- Copyright
- © Robert Klippel Estate © John Pearson
