LOT DETAILS

Materials:

perspex drum containing water and liquid paraffin, with motor and lamp

Size Notes:

diameter

Edition:

unique

Exhibited:

London, Indica Gallery, Liliane Lijn, 1967, un-numbered exhibiton;; Paris, Le Salon Comparaisons, 1967 (details untraced);; Bern, Kunsthalle, Science Fiction, 1967, un-numbered exhibition.

Literature:

Frances Spalding, British Art Since 1900, Thames & Hudson, London, 1986, illustrated p.204 (another from the series);; David Mellor, The Sixties Art Scene in London, Phaidon Press, London, 1993, illustrated p.179 (another from the series);; Chris Stephens & Katharine Stout (eds), Art & The 60s: This Was Tomorrow, published to coincide with the exhibition, London, Tate, 2004, p.109, illustrated fig.92 (another from the series);; David Alan Mellor, Liliane Lijn, Works 1959-80, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, 2005, illustrated p.57 (another from the series).

Provenance:

Indica Gallery, London, where acquired by the father of the present owner in 1967