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LYNN CHADWICK, R.A. (1914-2003)

Lot 12
18.03.2026 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 12 | LYNN CHADWICK, R.A. (1914-2003)
Estimate value
£ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
LYNN CHADWICK, R.A. (1914-2003)
Back to Venice
signed and numbered ‘CHADWICK C74 2/9’ (at the back of the bench)
bronze with a green grey patina
76 x 109 x 60 in. (193 x 276 x 152 cm.)
Conceived in 1988 and cast in December 1988 by Morris Singer Foundry, Basingstoke.




Provenance

with Buschlen Mowatt Fine Arts, Vancouver, where purchased by Dr Robert A. Holton in 1998, and by descent to the present owners.



Literature

E. Lucie-Smith, Chadwick, London, 1997, pp. 118-119, no. 90, another cast illustrated.
D. Farr, and É. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick Sculptor: with a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2003, Farnham, 2014, p. 379, no. C74, another cast illustrated.
S. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: The Sculptures at Lypiatt Park, London, 2014, p. 25, another cast illustrated.
M. Bird, Lynn Chadwick, Farnham, 2014, pp. 164-165, pl. 7-12, another cast illustrated.



Exhibited

Venice, XLIII Biennale, June - October 1988, another cast exhibited.
Vancouver, International Sculpture Project, July - October 1998, exhibition not numbered.
London, Tate Britain, Lynn Chadwick, September 2003 - March 2004, pp. 110, 124, exhibition not numbered, pl. 6, another cast illustrated.



Further details

We are very grateful to Sarah Chadwick for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Artist:Lynn Chadwick (1914 - 2003)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
Auction house category:Sculptures, Statues & Figures
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