ID 1174996
Lot 31 | WILLIAM TURNBULL (1922-2012)
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 250 000
Paddle Venus 2
signed with monogram, numbered, dated and stamped with foundry mark '2⁄4 /86' (on the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina
78 in. (189.1 cm.) high
Conceived in 1986 and cast by Morris Singer Foundry, London.
Provenance
with Waddington Galleries, London.
Acquired by the present owner circa 2001.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, William Turnbull: Sculptures 1946-62, 1985-87, London, Waddington Galleries, 1987, pp. 61, 87, no. 24, another cast illustrated.
D. Sylvester (intro.), exhibition catalogue, William Turnbull: Bronze Idols and Untitled Paintings, London, Serpentine Gallery, 1995, pp. 71, 77, exhibition not numbered, pl. 51, another cast illustrated.
A.A. Davidson, The Sculpture of William Turnbull, Much Hadham, 2005, p. 169, no. 244, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Waddington Galleries, William Turnbull: Sculptures 1946-62, 1985-87, October - November 1987, no. 24, another cast exhibited.
London, Serpentine Gallery, William Turnbull: Bronze Idols and Untitled Paintings, November 1995 - January 1996, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
| Artist: | William Turnbull (1922 - 2012) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | William Turnbull (1922 - 2012) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
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