$10,000

British, 1970

Floor-standing sculpture of cast and hand-cut aluminum, sitting atop a polished green marble base. A 1970 creation by British sculptor Ernest Bottomley (b. 1934). Bottomley, a student of Graham Sutherland and Norman Webster, received a National Diploma in Design from Leeds College of Art. He worked in Valencia, Spain and Limoges, France before settling down in Milton Keynes, UK. Working primarily in aluminum, bronze, and plastic, his work mixed abstract figuration with technological imagery. The present work, impressive in scale, has an aspect of Frederick Kiesler meets Louise Nevelson—the bottom section channeling Kiesler’s Endless House. Stamped ‘EB/70’. The measurements below include the marble base; the sculpture itself measures H47.5” x W10.5” x D11”.

Condition
Fine original condition to both the sculpture and the original marble base

Measurements
Height: 50.5 in.
Width/length: 12 in.
Depth: 12 in.

Specifications
Number of items: 1
Materials/techniques: Cast and hand-cut aluminum; polished marble