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A Sense of Form: Property from a Private British Collection

Frank Dobson, R.A.

SEATED TORSO (STUDY FOR HAM HILL TORSO 2)

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Lot Closed

November 17, 03:02 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

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A Sense of Form: Property from a Private British Collection

FRANK DOBSON, R.A.

1888 - 1963

SEATED TORSO (STUDY FOR HAM HILL TORSO 2)


stamped with the Estate stamp and numbered 2/5 (at the reverse of the Artist's base)

bronze

height (excluding base): 21cm.; 8¼in.

width: 11.5cm.; 4½in.


Conceived in 1928 and cast after 1963, the present work is number 2 from the edition of 5.

Jason & Rhodes, London, where acquired by the previous owner in October 1995

Their sale, Christie's, London, 15 July 2015, lot 142, where acquired by the present owner

Neville Jason and Lisa Thompson-Pharoah, The Sculpture of Frank Dobson, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, London, 1994, no. 79, illustrated p. 136 (another cast)