Jonathan Kenworthy

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Description

Jonathan Kenworthy
Two running dik-diks Under a Thorn Tree
signed Kenworthy © dated '69 and numbered 6/6 (on the base)
bronze, red patina
height: 5 1/2 in. on a 3/4 in. marble base
14 cm

Provenance

The Tryon Gallery Ltd., London

Catalogue Note

The dik-dik is a small antelope named for the sound it makes when alarmed. Living in the brush of southern and eastern Africa, the dik-dik stands 30-40 cm at the shoulder and weighs 3-5 kg. Despite its very large eyed gaze and delicate proportions, the dik-dik is a tougher creature than it appears, with razor sharp hoofs, which it has been known to use in defending itself from threatening predators.