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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

JOEL ELENBERG
1948-1980

Mask 1 (1978)

$350,000–450,000

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© The Estate of Joel Elenberg

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

JOEL ELENBERG

1948-1980
Mask 1 (1978)

black Belgium marble
55 cm high (including base)

  • Lot Sold $925,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $1,135,227 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Joel Elenberg, Melbourne
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Important Australian Art, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 20 April 2010, lot 87, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Joel Elenberg: Stone Carving 1977-1978, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 10-28 October 1978, no. 10, illustrated
20th Century Australian and New Zealand Painting, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney, November 1993, no. 63, illustrated

Literature

Joel Elenberg: Stone Carving 1977-1978, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, cover (illustrated), n.p. (illustrated)
Sandra McGrath, 'Truth - In Marble', The Weekend Australian Magazine, Sydney, 20-21 February 1982, p. 8 (illustrated)

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Specialists

Geoffrey Smith

Geoffrey Smith

Chairman

Australian & International Art 
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Chief Executive Officer

Australian & International Art 
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Emily Walker

Emily Walker

Administrator, Art

Australian & International Art 
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David Mackay

Gallery Manager

Sydney 
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Important Australian Art

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