Maquette for Trigon and Maquette for Trigon II

These figures were conceived at the same time that Chadwick was working on the Watcher series and there are strong similarities between the sculptures. 'Responding to the advances of mass communication in the 1960s , Chadwick developed a dramatically new series of beings who sport geometric, television-styled heads ... Recalling the faceless, collective chorus of Euripides ancient Greek tragedies, these figures [The Watchers] de-emphasize individuality, focusing instead on the shared commonalities of urban man and woman. While rendered without eyes, ears or mouths, these geometrically rough-hewn beings, ironically appear to be watching TV, surveying a city, or perhaps waiting for Godot. Seldom communicating amongst themselves despite their physical proximity, these beings project an isolation and estrangement that is simultaneously primordial and existential' (C. Chattopadhyay, Exhibition catalogue, Lynn Chadwick Sculptures and Drawings 1955 to 1991, Los Angeles, Tasende Gallery, 2002, p. 6).