Lot 62
62
Lynn Chadwick (b.1914)

Radar (The Listeners)

Details
Lynn Chadwick (b.1914)
Radar (The Listeners)
welded iron
26½in. (67cm.) high 40in.; (101.6cm.) long
Unique
Literature
Werk, III, March 1957, p.112.
D. Farr and E. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick Sculptor, Oxford. 1990, no.105, p.78 (a preliminary drawing of this work is illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Palais de New York, IXe Salon de Mai, 1953, no.5.
Venice, XXVIII Biennale, British Pavilion, June-Oct. 1956, no.48.
This exhibition travelled to: Vienna, Wiener Secession; Munich, Städtische Galerie; Paris, Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne;
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Brussells, Palais des Beaux-Arts and London, Arts Council Gallery (Nov.1956-Aug.1957).

Lot Essay

Chadwick was chosen in 1956 by the British Council to represent Britain at the XXVIII Venice Biennale. He exhibited several other major pieces in addition to 'Radar (The Listeners)' including 'The Inner Eye' (Museum of Modern Art, New York), 'Idiomorphic Beast' (City of Bristol Museum & Art Gallery) and 'Teddy Boy & Girl' (Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection). He was awarded the International Prize for Sculpture.

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