Lot 403
  • 403

LYNN CHADWICK | Sitting Elektra III

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Lynn Chadwick
  • Sitting Elektra III
  • inscribed Chadwick, dated 68, numbered 2/4 and stamped with the foundry mark Morris Singer Foundry
  • bronze
  • height: 53.5cm., 21 1/8 in.
  • Conceived in 1969 and cast in bronze by the Morris Singer Foundry, London in a numbered edition of 4.

Provenance

Michelle Rosenfeld Inc., Florida
Private Collector, Palm Beach

Literature

Dennis Farr & Eva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2005, Farnham, 2014, no. 576, illustration of another cast p. 265

Condition

Polished bronze and deep brown patina. There are some spots of oxidisation visible to the lower part of the figure's torso and some small spots of patina rubbing in places, notably to the proper right leg of the figure. There are some minor scratches to the polished bronze elements. This work is in overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

The Morris Singer Foundry erroneously dated this model 1968.

Eva Chadwick and Sarah Marchant have confirmed that this cast is recorded in the artist’s archives.