Lot Essay
There is a cast of Winged Figures in the collections of both Tate, London, and Scottish National Galleries of Modern Art, Edinburgh.
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Winged Figures
Details
LYNN CHADWICK, R.A. (1914-2003)
Winged Figures
signed, numbered and dated '172 2⁄6/ Chadwick 55' (on the underside of the male figure's wing), stamped with foundry mark (on the back of the female figure)
bronze with a brown patina
21 ½ in. (54.6 cm.) high
Conceived in 1955.
Cast by Cera Persa Brotal, Mendrisio.
Winged Figures
signed, numbered and dated '172 2⁄6/ Chadwick 55' (on the underside of the male figure's wing), stamped with foundry mark (on the back of the female figure)
bronze with a brown patina
21 ½ in. (54.6 cm.) high
Conceived in 1955.
Cast by Cera Persa Brotal, Mendrisio.
Provenance
Purchased by the present owner's father in the 1950s.
Literature
H. Read, Lynn Chadwick: Artist of Our Time, Amriswil, 1960, p. 20, another cast illustrated, as 'Maquette for Two Winged Figures'.
W. Schmalenbach, 'Lynn Chadwick', Louisiana Revy, 1⁄2, November 1960.
D. Farr, British Sculpture since 1945, London, 1965, pl. 7, another cast illustrated.
A.M. Hammacher, Modern English Sculpture, London, 1967, no. 15, as 'Maquette for Two Winged Figures'.
P. Levine and N. Koster, Chadwick: The Sculptor and His World, Leiden, 1988, p. 48, another cast illustrated.
D. Farr and E. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2003, Farnham, 2014, p. 124, no. 172, another cast illustrated.
W. Schmalenbach, 'Lynn Chadwick', Louisiana Revy, 1⁄2, November 1960.
D. Farr, British Sculpture since 1945, London, 1965, pl. 7, another cast illustrated.
A.M. Hammacher, Modern English Sculpture, London, 1967, no. 15, as 'Maquette for Two Winged Figures'.
P. Levine and N. Koster, Chadwick: The Sculptor and His World, Leiden, 1988, p. 48, another cast illustrated.
D. Farr and E. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2003, Farnham, 2014, p. 124, no. 172, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, M. Knoedler, Lynn Chadwick, January 1961, n.p., another cast illustrated.
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