Lot 133
  • 133

Frederick Edward McWilliam, R.A.

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Frederick Edward McWilliam, R.A.
  • Study Father and Daughter
  • indistinctly signed with initials
  • bronze
  • height: 34.5cm.; 13½in.
  • Conceived in 1949, the present work is unique.

Provenance

Galerie Chalette, New York
Acquired by a Private Collector, New York, by the 1980s and thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

London, Hanover Gallery, F.E. McWilliam: Recent Sculpture, October - November 1949, cat. no.13;
New York, Galerie Chalette, Eleven British Sculptors, October - November 1956, cat. no.13.

Literature

Denise Ferran & Valerie Holman, The Sculpture of F.E. McWilliam, Lund Humphries, Farnham, 2012, cat. no.62, illustrated p.107.

Condition

The sculpture is freestanding. The sculpture is sound. There are one or two very light small areas of rubbing, most noticeable to the reverse of the father figure's shoulders. There is some light surface dirt in the crevices of the bronze. Subject to the above the work is in excellent overall condition. Please telephone the department on +44 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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