Lot Essay
Cast by Susse Frères, Paris. A similar figure, with legs closer together, was exhibited in Butler's one-man show at the Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, in 1955, no.37.
Girl
Details
Reg Butler (1913-1981)
Girl
Reg Butler (1913-1981) Butler Girl signed with a monogram and numbered '5/8' (on the back of the right leg), stamped with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the bar) bronze with a gold brown patina 20¾ in. (52.7 cm.) high excluding wooden base Conceived in 1954
bronze with a gold brown patina
20¾ in. (52.7 cm.) high excluding wooden base
Conceived in 1954
Girl
Reg Butler (1913-1981) Butler Girl signed with a monogram and numbered '5/8' (on the back of the right leg), stamped with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the bar) bronze with a gold brown patina 20¾ in. (52.7 cm.) high excluding wooden base Conceived in 1954
bronze with a gold brown patina
20¾ in. (52.7 cm.) high excluding wooden base
Conceived in 1954
Literature
Reg Butler, Pierre Matisse exhibition catalogue, New York, 1959, no.2 (another cast illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Tate Gallery, Reg Butler, November 1983-January 1984, no.50 (illustrated in the catalogue).