Lot 104
  • 104

Lynn Chadwick

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Lynn Chadwick
  • Sitting Figures in Robes I
  • Stamped with the artist's monogram, dated 80 and numbered 789 4/9
  • Bronze
  • Height: 11 1/2 in.
  • 29.2 cm

Provenance

Marlborough Gallery Inc., New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1983)
Acquired from the above in 1983

Literature

Dennis Farr & Eva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-1988, Oxford, 1990, no. 789, illustration of another cast p. 303
Dennis Farr & Eva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick Sculptor, Aldershot, 2006, no. 789, illustration of another cast p. 335

Condition

Dark brown patina. Some dirt has accumulated in the deeper crevices of the cast. There is a tiny spot of verdigris in the center of the back of the cast, as well as in a few concentrated areas underneath the figures on the interior of the work. Scattered areas of patina rubbing at the raised edges of the figures. Overall the work is in very good condition.
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