Sold for $5,313

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

William T. Wiley

(American, 1937-2021)

Le Grande Frommage

, 1985

wood, metal sculpture

inscribed with the Artist's monogram, titled and dated

18 x 27 x 33 inches.

Provenance:
Sold: Christie's New York: "East", May 6, 1997, Lot 187

Condition Report

There is surface dirt and dust; light shedding to the bark on the branch hammer handle; shelf wear from insertion into cheese wedge notch on hammer head and nose end base of the mouse; stray spatters of white house paint on the mouse and the hammer head; slight scattered scuffing to the topside of the metal cheese wedge; otherwise this work appears to be in overall good and stable condition.

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