Boscawen

Details

Denis Mitchell (1912-1993)
Boscawen
stamped with initials, dated and numbered 'D.A.M./62./1.' (at the base); signed again with initials, inscribed, dated again and numbered again 'BOSCAWEN/62 NO1/DAM' (on the underside)
polished bronze on a slate base
24 in. (61.2 cm.) high, including slate base
Conceived in 1962 and cast in an edition of 6; this is cast 1/6.

Provenance

with Marjorie Parr Gallery, London, where purchased by Janet Lacey CBE, circa 1970.
A gift from the above to the present owner's father in 1984, and by descent.

Exhibited

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

Janet Lacey CBE (1903-1988) was appointed Director of Christian Aid in 1952 (at that time called Inter-Church Aid), and working from both Geneva and London during her 16 years in the role she would establish many important bodies, including Voluntary Service Overseas, and Christian Aid Week. The latter would raise over £2 million a year by the time she retired. In 1967, she became the first woman to preach in St Paul's Cathedral.

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