Lynn Chadwick
Beast
Lot #230 |
2006-06-28 |
Sotheby's, London
20th Century British Sculpture
Category:
Sculpture
Estimate:
GBP 50,000 - 70,000 (currency of sale)
USD 92,200 - 129,080 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L06142
Auction name: 20th Century British Sculpture
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2006-06-28
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Sculpture & 3D Art
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Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
38
Height In Inches:
15
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Provenance
Acquired directly from the Artist by the present owner
Exhibited
Copenhagen, Kunstförening , Britisk Kunst 1900-1955 ,  April 1956, no.102 (the iron and composition version).
Literature
Dennis Farr and Eva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor , Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1990, no.160, illustrated p.95 (the iron and composition version); Edward Lucie-Smith, Chadwick , Lypiatt Park, 1997, illustrated on the frontispiece and in colour on p.31 (the iron and composition version). Catalogue Note Conceived in 1955, and cast in a later edition of 9.
Catalog summary
Lynn Chadwick Beast numbered 160 and 5/9 bronze with a mid-brown patina height 38cm., 15in. Provenance Acquired directly from the Artist by the present owner Exhibited Copenhagen, Kunstförening , Britisk Kunst 1900-1955 ,  April 1956, no.102 (the iron and composition version). Literature Dennis Farr and Eva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor , Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1990, no.160, illustrated p.95 (the iron and composition version); Edward Lucie-Smith, Chadwick , Lypiatt Park, 1997, illustrated on the frontispiece and in colour on p.31 (the iron and composition version). Catalogue Note Conceived in 1955, and cast in a later edition of 9.