LYNN CHADWICK, R.A. (1914-2003)
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Starting price
500000GBP £ 500 000 
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ID 1472860 
Lot 10  | LYNN CHADWICK, R.A. (1914-2003)
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 800 000 
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stamped with signature, numbered and dated 'CHADWICK. 1990. C.110. 1/6' (on the right hind leg)
welded stainless steel
90 x 128 x 72 in. (228.5 x 325.1 x 182.9 cm.)
Executed in 1990.
Provenance
with Buschlen Mowatt Fine Arts, Vancouver, where purchased by Dr Robert A. Holton in April 2000, and by descent to the present owners.
Literature
N. Cameron (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, Hong Kong, The Rotunda, Exchange Square, 1992, n.p., another from the edition illustrated.
E. Lucie-Smith, Chadwick, Stroud, 1997, pp. 142, 143, 151, pl. 109, another from the edition illustrated.
D. Farr and É. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor - Catalogue Raisonné, Stroud, 1998, no. C110, another from the edition illustrated on the front cover.
M. Scott, 'Lynn Chadwick's Metal Menagerie' and 'Walking with the Beast', The Vancouver Sun, 22 July 2000, p. 16, illustrated.
S. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: The Sculptures at Lypiatt Park, London, 2014, pp. 31, 92, no. 31, another from the edition illustrated.
D. Farr and É. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2003, Farnham, 2014, pp. 402-403, no. C110, another from the edition illustrated.
M. Bird, Lynn Chadwick, Farnham, 2014, pp. 11-12, 166, 169, pl. 0-4, another from the edition illustrated.
Exhibited
Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Lynn Chadwick, November 1990 - February 1991, another from the edition exhibited.
Vancouver, Buschlen Mowatt Fine Arts, Lynn Chadwick: 40 Years of Sculpture, July 2000, n.p., no. 8, illustrated.
Vancouver, English Bay and Vancouver Public Library, International Sculpture Project, July - November 2000.
London, Tate Britain, Lynn Chadwick, September 2003 - March 2004, p. 112, pl. 8, exhibition not numbered, another from the edition illustrated.
London, Canary Wharf, Osborne Samuel, Lynn Chadwick: Pyramids and Beasts: Sculpture in the Workplace, September 2004, another from the edition illustrated on the front cover.
Cambridge, Churchill College, another from the edition on long term loan, circa 2007 - 2010.
Tallahassee, Florida State University, Landis Green, on long term loan.
London, Royal Academy, Lynn Chadwick: Beasts on the Piazza, April - May 2014, another from the edition exhibited.
Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Lynn Chadwick: Beasts, May 2018 - August 2019, another from the edition exhibited.
Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, Beasts of the Times: Lynn Chadwick, Katja Strunz, Hans Uhlmann, May - August 2019, pp. 30-31, 156, another from the edition illustrated on the cover.
Duisberg, Lehmbruck Museum, Lynn Chadwick: Beasts of Time, February - September 2020, another from the edition 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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| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
| Medium: | Steel | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures | 
| Artist: | Lynn Chadwick (1914 - 2003) | 
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
| Medium: | Steel | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures | 
| Address of auction | 
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