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EDUARDO CHILLIDA (1924-2002)
Lot 147 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT SPANISH COLLECTION

EDUARDO CHILLIDA (1924-2002)

Yunque de Sueños IV (Anvil of Dreams IV)

Closed12 February 2016

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GBP 338,500

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EDUARDO CHILLIDA (1924-2002)
Yunque de Sueños IV (Anvil of Dreams IV)
incised with the artist’s monogram and numbered ‘1/3’ (on the bronze element)
bronze on wooden base
19 5/8 x 4¾ x 5 7/8in. (50 x 12 x 15cm.)
Executed in 1958, this work is number one from an edition of three


Gift from the artist to the previous owner.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

'They are attempts to define space. They are called anvils but, though made of [bronze], they dissolve like dreams: they are pure space, bodiless and nameless’ (O. Paz, quoted in ‘Chillida: From Iron to Light’, Chillida, exh. cat., Carnegie Institute of Art, Pittsburgh, 1979-1980, p. 17).