Lot 103
  • 103

Lynn Chadwick

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Lynn Chadwick
  • Sitting Couple II
  • Inscribed Chadwick, numbered 797, dated 80 and numbered 1/9
  • Bronze
  • Height: 18 1/2 in.
  • 47 cm

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist in on September 7, 1981

Literature

Dennis Farr & Eva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-1988, Oxford, 1990, no. 797, illustration of another cast p. 307
Dennis Farr & Eva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-1996, Stroud, 1997, no. 797, illustration of another cast p. 331
Dennis Farr & Eva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2005, Aldershot, 2006, no. 797, illustration of another cast p. 339

Condition

With a slightly uneven dark brown patina. A few spots of minor rubbing and patina loss primarily to the faces and heads of the figures, most notably to the female figure, as well as some scattered minor spots of verdigris. Plaster residue is visible in the deeper crevices. Scratches consistent with age, otherwise fine and in good condition.
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