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    Richard Axsom and David Platzker 51
    Editions Alecto 677

164

London Knees

1966
The pair of cast flexible latex sculptures coated in polyurethane with single acrylic plastic base, with accompanying set of three green cloth-covered paper board folders containing postcards and reproductions related to The Knees as London Monument Project, with justification, all contained in the original buckram-covered travelling case with printed title and date.
each knee 38.5 x 16.5 x 13.5 cm (15 1/8 x 6 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.)
case 19 x 43 x 29.5 cm (7 1/2 x 16 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.)

Each knee printed with initials and date on the underside, the justification signed and numbered 85/120 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Editions Alecto Ltd, London, in association with Neuendorf Verlag, Berlin, 1968.

Estimate
£1,500 - 2,000 

Sold for £7,500

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 10 September 2020