ID 1176561
Lot 130 | LYNN CHADWICK, R.A. (1914-2003)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
Winged Figures
signed, numbered and stamped with hallmark for 18 carat gold 'Chadwick/ 10 / 12' (on the base), stamped with London hallmark, stamped with maker's mark 'MSFL' for Morris Singer Foundry, London, hallmark for 18 carat gold, and date letter for 1972' (on the back of the male figure's leg)
18 carat gold, on a black stone base
6 ¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1971 and cast in 1972 by Morris Singer Foundry, London, in an edition of 12.
Provenance
Commissioned by Morris Singer Foundry, London and Christie’s Contemporary Art, London, in 1971.
Acquired from the above by Ralph Ehrmann in December 1972.
Acquired from the above by the present owners.
Literature
Apollo, 106, November 1977, p. 205.
Burlington Magazine, 119, November 1977, p. xix.
D. Farr and E. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, with a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2003, Farnham, 2014, p. 289, no. 639, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Alwin Gallery, Bronze, Silver and Gold, August - September 1973, no. 10, another cast exhibited.
Further Details
We are very grateful to Sarah Chadwick for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.
| Artist: | Lynn Chadwick (1914 - 2003) |
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| Medium: | Gold |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Israel, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Lynn Chadwick (1914 - 2003) |
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| Medium: | Gold |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Israel, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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