The Powell Duffryn Mural, 16-part installation, 1961 – Hans Coper*

Lot: 218

Hans Coper*
The Powell Duffryn Mural, 16-part installation, 1961

Stoneware, some interlocking, differently structured surfaces, with glazes ranging from manganese black and brown, to rich layered sand and cream shades. 650 x 300 cm total size, D. 60 cm largest ceramic, D. 30 cm smallest ceramic. The Powell Duffryn Mural has been in the private possession of a major German ceramic collector since February 1985. The rehanging of the wall installation was planned, arranged and carried out personally by the ceramic artist Beate Kuhn and Dr. Paul Köster (Kunstkammer Köster) in the mid-1990s. The whereabouts of the sixteen impressively powerful ceramic discs had been unknown since 1985 and thus access was denied to the public.

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Hammer Price: 340,000 €

K-14 - Auction November 2024
16. November 2024 at 10:00 AM CET

Literature:

Tony Birks, Hans Coper, London, 1983, pp. 43-45. (describes the original and later arrangement of the mural)

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Hans Coper*The Powell Duffryn Mural, 16-part installation, 1961

Hans Coper*
The Powell Duffryn Mural, 16-part installation, 1961