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Bob Law (1934-2004)
Lot 274

Bob Law (1934-2004)

Two Dogs In One Field

Closed19 October 2013

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GBP 7,500

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Bob Law (1934-2004)
Two Dogs In One Field
titled 'TWO DOGS IN ONE FIELD' (lower left); signed and dated 'BOB LAW 67.88' (lower right)
lead hightened with chalk
9 x 13 1/8in. (22.8 x 33.3cm.)
Conceived in 1967, this work was executed in 1988

Richard Saltoun, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2003.

Specialist note

'Law made a small number of concrete poetry works in lead in the 1980s and a handful in the period from the late 1960s to 1970s... The layout of text on these panels (in Fibonacci spiral, intersecting cross-hatch, or standard lines) varies as much as their overall form, whether augmented obelisk or rectangle, while a few include engraved outlines of dogs but no other figurative markings'
(Bob Law, quoted in https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/law-is-a-mind-a-prison-t12178/text- summary [accessed 13th September 2013]).