The Powell Duffryn Mural. 16-part installation – Hans Coper

Hans Coper
The Powell Duffryn Mural. 16-part installation

Stoneware, some interlocking. Differently structured surfaces, with glazes ranging from manganese black and brown, to rich layered sand-colored and cream-colored nuances.
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 installed personally by the ceramicist Beate Kuhn and Dr. Paul Köster (Kunstkammer Köster) in the mid-1990s.

The location of the sixteen impressively ceramic discs had been unknown to public since 1985.

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Reserve price: 150,000 €

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 CoperThe Powell Duffryn Mural. 16-part installation

Hans Coper
The Powell Duffryn Mural. 16-part installation