Lot Essay
We are very grateful to Sarah Chadwick for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.
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Watcher III
Details
LYNN CHADWICK, R.A. (1914-2003)
Watcher III
signed, dated and stamped with foundry mark 'Chadwick 59' (on the base), numbered '310 1/4' (on the edge of the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina
27 ¼ in. (69.2 cm.) high
Conceived in 1959, and cast by the Brotal Foundry, Mendrisio.
Watcher III
signed, dated and stamped with foundry mark 'Chadwick 59' (on the base), numbered '310 1/4' (on the edge of the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina
27 ¼ in. (69.2 cm.) high
Conceived in 1959, and cast by the Brotal Foundry, Mendrisio.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 9 December 1965, lot 14, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
Canadian Art, vol. 18, no. 6, November - December 1961, 421.
D. Farr and E. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2003, Farnham, 2014, pp. 180-181, no. 311, another cast illustrated.
D. Farr and E. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2003, Farnham, 2014, pp. 180-181, no. 311, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Lynn Chadwick: Sculpture, January 1961, another cast 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.
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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