DENIS MITCHELL
THRUST II , 1960 (Conceived)
Lot #340 |
2020-11-10 |
Sotheby's, London
Modern & Post-War British Art
Category:
Sculpture
Estimate:
GBP 18,000 - 25,000 (currency of sale)
USD 23,112 - 32,100 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L20143
Auction name: Modern & Post-War British Art
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2020-11-10
End date: 2020-11-17
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
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Genre: 20th Century British Art
Department: Sculpture & 3D Art
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Edition: 3
Edition notes: Edition 2/3.
Year notes: Conceived in 1960.
Provenance
Flowers East Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner in October 2013
Exhibited
New York, Bianchini Gallery, 1963 (details untraced, another cast) Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Festival Exhibition of Sculpture by Denis Mitchell , 6 October - 3 November 1979, no. 3, illustrated in the catalogue n.p. (another cast) London, Flowers East Gallery, Denis Mitchell , 1993, no. 29 (another cast) Cambridge, Kettle's Yard, Denis Mitchell, Sculptor: 1912-93 , 8 May - 4 July 1993, un-numbered exhibition (another cast) St Ives, Tate, Denis Mitchell: Ascending Forms , 22 January - 2 May 2005, illustrated in the catalogue p. 4 (another cast)
Catalog summary
A Sense of Form: Property from a Private British Collection DENIS MITCHELL 1912 - 1993 THRUST II signed D.A.M. , titled, dated 60 and numbered 2/3 (on underside of the base) polished bronze height (excluding base): 114cm.; 45in. width: 18cm.; 11in. Conceived in 1960 and cast in 1992, the present work is number 2 from the edition of 3. We are grateful to the Estate of the Artist for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work. Provenance Flowers East Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner in October 2013 Exhibited New York, Bianchini Gallery, 1963 (details untraced, another cast) Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Festival Exhibition of Sculpture by Denis Mitchell , 6 October - 3 November 1979, no. 3, illustrated in the catalogue n.p. (another cast) London, Flowers East Gallery, Denis Mitchell , 1993, no. 29 (another cast) Cambridge, Kettle's Yard, Denis Mitchell, Sculptor: 1912-93 , 8 May - 4 July 1993, un-numbered exhibition (another cast) St Ives, Tate, Denis Mitchell: Ascending Forms , 22 January - 2 May 2005, illustrated in the catalogue p. 4 (another cast)