Lot 389: STEVEN CLAYDON | The Author of Mishap (Them)

copper powder in resin and peacock feather

sculpture: 36 by 21.5 by 23.5cm.; 14 1/4 by 8 1/2 by 9 1/4 in.

copper powder in resin and peacock feather

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good and original condition. Very close inspection reveals a fine and unobtrusive crack to the copper powder coating on top of the sculpture.
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St. Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum; London, Saatchi Gallery; Adelaide, The Art Gallery of South Australia, Newspeak: British Art Now, 2009-11, p. 88, illustrated in colour

Edward Booth-Clibborn, History of the Saatchi Gallery, London 2011, p. 822, illustrated

Dennis Kimmerich, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2006