Lot Essay
The concept for the present work derives from 'Tyger, Tyger, burning bright,/In the forest of the night.' William Blake, 'The tiger' in Songs of Experience (1794).
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Tyger Tyger
Details
Leon Underwood (1890-1975)
Tyger Tyger
signed and dated 'Leon/U/60' (lower left)
bronze with a dark brown patina
14 in. (35.6 cm.) long
Conceived between 1959-60. Cast in an edition of 7.
Tyger Tyger
signed and dated 'Leon/U/60' (lower left)
bronze with a dark brown patina
14 in. (35.6 cm.) long
Conceived between 1959-60. Cast in an edition of 7.
Literature
C. Neve, Leon Underwood, London, p. 209, no. 170, another cast illustrated.
B. Whitworth, The Sculpture of Leon Underwood, Hampshire, 2000, p. 106, no. 177, pl. 86, another cast illustrated.
B. Whitworth, The Sculpture of Leon Underwood, Hampshire, 2000, p. 106, no. 177, pl. 86, another cast illustrated.
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