Lot 383
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LYNN CHADWICK | Sitting Elektra IV

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Lynn Chadwick
  • Sitting Elektra IV
  • Stamped Chadwick and with the foundry mark Morris Singer Foundry and numbered 3/4
  • Bronze
  • Height: 24 1/2 in.
  • 62.2 cm
  • Conceived in 1969 and cast in a numbered edition of 4.

Provenance

GalerĂ­a Freites, Caracas
Acquired from the above

Literature

Dennis Farr & Eva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-1988, Oxford, 1990, no. 577, illustration of another cast p. 234
Dennis Farr & Eva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-1996, Oxford, 1997, no. 577, illustration of another cast p. 252
Dennis Farr & Eva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick, Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2005, Aldershot, 2006, no. 577, illustration of another cast p. 252
Dennis Farr & Eva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2005, Farnham, 2014, no. 577, illustration of another cast p. 265

Condition

The work is in very good condition. Black patina with polished bronze elements. There is some minor surface dust in deeper crevices. The sculpture has been recently polished and waxed. There is some minor rubbing to the figure's left knee and one small area of rubbing at the figure's back. Please contact the Impressionist & Modern Art department directly for a condition report of this lot prepared by Wilson Conservation
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Catalogue Note

Eva Chadwick has kindly confirmed that this cast is recorded in the artist’s archives.