Reg Butler
Figure in Space
Property from an Important London Private Collection
Reg Butler
1913 - 1981
Figure in Space
signed with monogram and numbered 6/8 (on left leg); stamped with foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris (on right leg)
bronze
width: 51cm; 20in.
height: 34.5cm.; 13½in.
Conceived in 1956, the present work is number 6 from the edition of 8.
The sculpture appears sound. The sculpture appears to be in very good overall condition. Light rubbing to raised areas, most prominently on her back. There is a possible very slight bend to the armature in front of the figure's upper body with some variation in colour where the material has been welded by the artist. All elements of the armature appear intact. There is some surface dirt and dust to creviced areas. The sculpture has a separate wooden base and another separate polished stone base.
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Sale, Christie's London, 6 June 2003, lot 183
Grosvenor Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner, March 2004
Colin Ralph, The Colin Collection: Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and Sculpture collected by Mr. & Mrs. Ralph F. Colin, New York, 1960
Margaret Garlake, New Art, New World: British Art in Postwar Society, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1998
Margaret Garlake, The Sculpture of Reg Butler, The Henry Moore Foundation and Lund Humphries, Hertfordshire, 2006, no. 176, illustrated p. 43 (another cast)
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Reg Butler Sculpture and Drawings, February 1959, no. 14 (another cast)
Louisville, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Reg Butler: A Retrospective Exhibition, 22 October - 1 December 1963, no. 77 (another cast)
London, Grosvenor Gallery, Sculpture of the 20th Century by British and European Artists, 21 - 31 October 2003, no. 6 (another cast)