Modern British Art
Modern British Art
Property from an Important London Private Collection
Reg Butler
Study for Third Watcher
Lot Closed
November 24, 04:37 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important London Private Collection
Reg Butler
1913 - 1981
Study for Third Watcher
signed Reg Butler and signed with monogram, numbered 5/8 and inscribed with Susse Foundeur Paris foundry stamp (towards the base on the reverse)
bronze
height (excluding stand): 62cm.; 24¼in.; length: 39.5cm.; 15½in.
width: 20cm.; 7¾in.
Conceived in 1954, the present work is number 5 from the edition of 8.
Hanover Gallery, London, where acquired by Sir Colin Anderson in 1957
His sale, Christie's London, 18 November 2005, lot 37
Private Collection, London
Offer Waterman & Co., London, where acquired by the present owner, December 2011
His sale, Christie's London, 18 November 2005, lot 37
Private Collection, London
Offer Waterman & Co., London, where acquired by the present owner, December 2011
James Hyman, The Battle for Realism: Figurative Art in Britain during the Cold War 1945-1960, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2001
Margaret Garlake, The Sculpture of Reg Butler, The Henry Moore Foundation and Lund Humphries, Hertfordshire, 2006, no. 144, illustrated p. 65 (another cast)
Margaret Garlake, The Sculpture of Reg Butler, The Henry Moore Foundation and Lund Humphries, Hertfordshire, 2006, no. 144, illustrated p. 65 (another cast)