Lot 113
  • 113

Reg Butler

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Reg Butler
  • Study for Two Watchers (Unknown Political Prisoner)
  • bronze
  • height (excluding base): 23cm.; 9in.
  • Conceived in 1952, the present work is from an edition of 6.

Provenance

David Hughes
His sale, Sotheby's London, 10th November 1976, lot 141, where acquired by Mr and Mrs Kreitman;
Their sale, Sotheby's London, 24th October 2005, lot 29, where acquired by the present owner

Exhibited

London, Hanover Gallery, Reg Butler, April - June 1954, cat. no.15 (as Study for two Women, another cast);
Venice Biennale, British Council, Exhibition of Works by Nicholson, Bacon, Freud, 'The Unknown Political Prisoner' Prize-winning Maquette and Related Studies by Butler, Recent Artits' Lithographs, 19th June - 17th October 1954, cat. no.126 (another cast);
New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, Reg Butler, January - February 1955, no.11, illustrated (as Two Women, another cast);
Louisville, Kentucky, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Reg Butler: A Retrospective Exhibition, 22nd October - 1st December 1963, cat. no.44 (as Two Women, another cast).

Literature

Margaret Garlake, The Sculpture of Reg Butler, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 2006, cat. no.116, illustrated p.135 (another cast).

Condition

There is a tiny crack to the knee of the left hand figure. There are one or two tiny casting imperfections visible to the bronze base, with minor surface dirt and traces of casting residue apparent elsewhere, but this excepting the work appears in very good overall condition. Housed on a 2.5cm. high black stone base. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present lot.
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