Lot 181
  • 181

Lynn Chadwick

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description

  • Lynn Chadwick
  • Dance XIII Maquette
  • iron and composition
  • 31 by 25 by 14cm.; 12 1/4 by 9 7/8 by 5 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1959, this work is unique.

Provenance

Galerie Charles Lienhard, Zurich
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired directly from the above in 1959)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Zurich, Galerie Charles Lienhard, Lynn Chadwick, 1959, no. 20

Literature

Dennis Farr and Éva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, New York 1990, p. 142, no. 299 (artist's diagram illustrated)
Dennis Farr and Éva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculpture, Gloucestershire 1997, p. 150, no. 299 (artist's diagram illustrated)
Dennis Farr and Éva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, Aldershot 2006, p. 158, no. 299 (artist's diagram illustrated)
Dennis Farr and Éva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, Farnham 2014, p. 176, no. 299 (artist's diagram illustrated)

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly deeper in the original. Condition: This work appears to be in very good condition. The surface irregularities are likely in keeping with the artist's working process and choice of media. The stolit in the composition has naturally decayed over time, in keeping with the artist's chosen media. Please refer to the department for further information.
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Catalogue Note

“However non-objective and abstract the forms become, they retain a natural, organic tendency to be non-symmetrical, with rich textures and random growths that are witty and playful, warm and generous, providing them with a biomorphic vitality.”

RUNGWE KINGDON
Exhibition Catalogue, London, Pangolin London, Lynn Chadwick. Out of the Shadows: Unseen Sculptures of the 1960s, 2009, p. 5

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