Lot 222
  • 222

Reg Butler

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Reg Butler
  • Torso
  • stamped with monogram, foundry mark, and numbered 3/8
  • bronze
  • height (not including base): 9.5cm.; 4in.
  • Conceived in 1964, the present work is number 3 from the edition of 8.

Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Mrs. M. Woolworth Collection, New York and Paris

Exhibited

J.B. Speed Art Museum, Reg Butler: A Retrospective Exhibition, 22nd October - 1st December 1963, un-numbered exhibition (plaster version).

Literature

Margaret Garlake, The Sculpture of Reg Butler, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 2006, cat. no.227, illustrated (another version).

Condition

Structurally sound. There are very tiny traces of minor dust to the crevices, but this excepting the work appears in excellent overall condition. Housed on a 4.5cm. high black stone base, 10cm. wide and 8cm. deep. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Catalogue Note

We are grateful to Margaret Garlake for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.