Lot 3
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William Turnbull

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Description

  • William Turnbull
  • Blade Venus 3
  • incised with the artist's monogram, numbered and dated '4/6 89' (on the reverse)
  • bronze on a York stone base
  • sculpture: 143 by 30 by 3 cm. 56 1/4 by 11 3/4 by 1 1/4 in. base: 17.5 by 25 by 25 cm. 6 7/8 by 9 7/8 by 9 7/8 in.
  • Executed in 1989, this work is number four from an edition of six plus one artist's cast

Provenance

The Artist's Estate, London.

Exhibited

London, Waddington Galleries, William Turnbull Recent Sculpture, 1991 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 29).

Berlin, Galerie Michael Haas, William Turnbull, 1992 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, no. 11).

London, Serpentine Gallery, Bronze Idols and Untitled Paintings, 1995-1996 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, no. 66).

London, Waddington Galleries, William Turnbull Sculpture and Paintings, 1998 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 21).

Literature

Amanda A. Davidson, The Sculpture of William Turnbull, Aldershot, 2005 (illustrated, p. 177).