My Wife
Peter Schipperheyn
Details
- Artist
- Peter Schipperheyn
- Title
- My Wife
- Year
- 1980
- Medium
- Carrara marble
- Size
- 178 x 33 x 44 cm
- Details
Signed base with artist monogram, My Wife 1980
- Stock Number
- 240099
Provenance
The artist
Laurence Matheson, Melbourne
Private Collection, France
Exhibited
''An Exhibition of Sculpture and Graphics by Peter Schipperheyn'', Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 1981
''Annual Collectors? Exhibition 2008'', Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
Further Information
Recognised as Australia's pre-eminent sculptor in marble, My Wife shows Schipperheyn's skilful ability to create monumental figurative pieces. Drawing inspiration from his wife as muse, Schipperheyn moves beyond the literally figurative to explore universal themes of the human experience. My Wife exudes a quiet simplicity echoed in the purity of shimmering white marble, quarried in Carrara, Italy.