David Mach (B. 1956)
Lot 93 Silver Back

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David Mach (B. 1956)

Silver Back

Closed17 December 2014

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GBP 74,500

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David Mach (B. 1956)
Silver Back
signed, dated and numbered (on the inside of the right back leg)
metal hangers
79 ½ in. (202 cm.) high; 59 ¼ in. (150.5 cm.) wide; 122 in. (310 cm.) long, including integral plinth
Executed in 2007-2008, this work is number three from an edition of three

Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

David Mach studied at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee from 1974 to 1979 and subsequently at the Royal College of Art, London from 1979 to 1982. He has been Visiting Professor at the Sculpture Department, Edinburgh College of Art since 1999 and in 2000 was appointed Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy Schools, London.

Mach’s first solo exhibition was held at the Lisson Gallery, London in 1982. His international reputation was quickly established with solo and group exhibitions held in the UK and in countries throughout the world.

In 1988 Mach was nominated for the Turner Prize at the Tate Gallery, London, and in 1992 he won the Lord Provost’s Prize in Glasgow. He was elected Royal Academician in 1998.