19th & 20th Century Sculpture
19th & 20th Century Sculpture
Charles William Dyson-Smith
The Autumn Dance
Lot Closed
December 14, 02:04 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Charles William Dyson-Smith
British
1891 - 1960
The Autumn Dance
signed: D-S
with a Christie's label to the underside numbered: 218, and accompanied by a glazed frame containing a letter from the artist and a page from the Royal Glasgow Institute of Arts exhibition 1932 listing the present model
bronze, green-brown patina, on a black stone base
30 by 28cm., 11¾ by 11in. overall
Private collection, United Kingdom
According to the letter from the artist accompanying the present bronze, The Autumn Dance was inspired by an Austrian dancer called Astrahan[?] who travelled to London and later found success in America: "She had a most charming personality and this factor probably helped greatly with the work."