Made in Britain
Made in Britain
Lot Closed
September 16, 02:40 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
DENIS MITCHELL
1912-1993
TUMACO
signed with initials, titled, dated 1970. and numbered No 4 on the underside of the base
polished and patinated bronze on slate base
width: 24cm.; 9½in.
height (excluding base): 10cm.; 4in.; height (including base): 15cm.; 6in.
Conceived and cast in 1970, the present work is number 4 from the edition of 6.
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Penwith Galleries, St Ives, where acquired by the grandfather of the present owner, 13th September 2002, and thence by family descent
St Ives, Penwith Galleries, 1970 (another cast, details untraced);
London, Marjorie Parr Gallery, Denis Mitchell: Recent Sculpture 1969-71, 7th - 30th October 1971, cat. no.2, n.p. (another cast);
St Ives, Wills Lane Gallery, 1971 (another cast, details untraced);
Glasgow, Compass Gallery, Denis Mitchell: Sculpture, 20th February – 15th March 1973 (another cast);
Malta, National Museum, Denis Mitchell and Misome Peile, May - June 1973 (another cast);
Malta, The National Museum, Circulating Exhibition No.40: Denis Mitchell - An Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings, 1973-79, with tour to Cyprus, Greece, Yugoslavia, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Korea, cat. no.11, illustrated p.9 (another cast);
Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Festival Exhibition of Sculpture by Denis Mitchell, 6th October - 3rd November 1979, cat. no.19, illustrated, n.p. (another cast);
St Ives, Penwith Galleries, Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture 1932-1992, 30th June - 1st August 1992, cat. no.74, illustrated p.42 (another cast);
London, Flowers East, Denis Mitchell, 1993, cat. no.38 (another cast);
Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Denis Mitchell: Sculpture, 26th March - 19th June 1994, cat. no.20 (another cast);
Aldeburgh, 48th Aldeburgh Festival, Aldeburgh Cinema Gallery, Patrick Heron and Denis Mitchell, 9th - 25th June 1995, cat. no.24 (another cast).
We are grateful to the Estate of the Artist for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.