Lot 396
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Lynn Chadwick

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Lynn Chadwick
  • Maquette III Elektra
  • Inscribed Chadwick, dated 69, numbered 581 3/4 and stamped with the foundry mark Morris Singer Founders London
  • Bronze
  • Height: 28 1/4 in.; 71.8 cm

Provenance

Private Collection (acquired in the 1970s)
Galerie Christel, Helsinki
Acquired in 2010

Literature

Nico Koster & Paul Levine, Lynn Chadwick: The Sculptor and His World, Leiden, 1988, illustration of another cast p. 97
Dennis Farr & Eva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick, SculptorWith a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-1988, Oxford, 1990, no. 581, illustration of another cast p. 235
Dennis Farr & Eva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick, SculptorWith a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-1986, Stroud, 1997, no. 581, illustration of another cast p. 253
Dennis Farr & Eva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2005, Aldershot, 2006, no. 581, illustration of another cast p. 261

Condition

Black patina with polished face and torso. Some spots of accretion around the gold of the torso and a few spots of patina rubbing scattered throughout. This work is in very good condition.
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