Lot Essay
We are very grateful to Sarah Chadwick for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.
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Black Reclining Elektra
Details
LYNN CHADWICK, R.A. (1914-2003)
Black Reclining Elektra
signed, numbered and dated 'CHADWICK 1969 591/ 1/4' (at the back)
bronze with a black patina
40 in. (101.6 cm.) long
Conceived in 1969.
Black Reclining Elektra
signed, numbered and dated 'CHADWICK 1969 591/ 1/4' (at the back)
bronze with a black patina
40 in. (101.6 cm.) long
Conceived in 1969.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 29 November 2011, lot 31, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Lynn Chadwick, The Hague, Nova Spectra, 1988, n.p., exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
D. Farr and E. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2003, Farnham, 2014, p. 270, no. 591B, another cast illustrated.
D. Farr and E. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2003, Farnham, 2014, p. 270, no. 591B, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
The Hague, Nova Spectra, Lynn Chadwick, September - October 1988, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Special notice
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