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DENIS MITCHELL | PORTHOLLAND

Auction Closed

November 20, 12:36 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

DENIS MITCHELL

1912-1993

PORTHOLLAND


signed with initials, titled and dated 1985 on the underside of the base

Delabole slate and bronze

height (including Artist's base): 47cm.; 18½in.

Conceived in 1985, the present work is unique.

The Artist, from whom acquired by the father of the present owner, 27th August 1987, and thence by descent

Newlyn, Newlyn Art Gallery, Denis Mitchell: Sculpture & Drawings, 1st - 27th November 1985, cat. no.6, illustrated;

St Ives, Wills Lane Gallery, 1985 (details untraced);

St Ives, Salt House Gallery, 1986 (details untraced);

Cambridge, Kettle's Yard, Denis Mitchell: Sculptor 1912-93, 8th May - 4th July 1993.


We are grateful to the Estate of the Artist for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.