ID 1176586
Lot 246 | WILLIAM TURNBULL (1922-2012)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
Paddle Venus 1
signed with monogram, numbered, dated and stamped with foundry mark '2 / 6 86' (at the base)
bronze with a dark green and brown patina, on a York stone base
57 1⁄8 in. (145 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1986 and cast by Morris Singer Foundry, London.
Provenance
Private collection, Singapore, by whom purchased at the 1987 exhibition.
Purchased from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, William Turnbull: Sculptures 1946-62, 1985-87, London, Waddington Galleries, 1987, p. 55, no. 21.
Exhibition catalogue, William Turnbull: Neue Skulpteren, Berlin, Galerie Michael Haas, 1992, n.p., no. 4, another cast illustrated.
A.A. Davidson, The Sculpture of William Turnbull, Much Hadham, 2005, p. 168, no. 241, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Waddington Galleries, William Turnbull: Sculptures 1946-62, 1985-87, October - November 1987, no. 21.
Berlin, Galerie Michael Haas, William Turnbull: Neue Skulpteren, October - November 1992, no. 4, another cast exhibited.
| Artist: | William Turnbull (1922 - 2012) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Israel, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | William Turnbull (1922 - 2012) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Israel, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
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