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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian and International Works of Art
• Sale Date:
  30 Nov 2011 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  74
• Lot Description:
  Wallace Anderson
  (1888 - 1975)
  Cobbers, 1932-40
  bronze with green patina
  19.5 cm height
  signed, dated and titled at base: Anderson / 1930 / COBBERS
• Provenance:
  Australian War Memorial, Canberra; Private collection, New South Wales, acquired c1935; Bequeathed to The Salvation Army, Sydney
• Notes:
  Cobbers, 1930, plaster, bronze patina, collection of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra; Cobbers, c1932-40, bronze, green patina, collection of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. This is a bronze version of the original plaster sculpture of Cobbers held in the collection of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. In 1932 Anderson approached the Australian War Memorial with the notion of producing copies of the plaster version to sell to the public. Later that year, Anderson agreed to sell the original work (and copyright) to the Memorial. The Memorial engaged Melbourne founder, E.J. Gregory, to cast the sculptures in bronze, which he did from a lead model. From 1932 to 1940, approximately 91 copies of Cobbers were cast. They were not editioned and were not numbered. This version is one of the 91 copies.
• Estimate:
  A$5,000 - 7,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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