Maquette V Walking Woman

Details

Lynn Chadwick, R.A. (1914-2003)
Maquette V Walking Woman
signed with an intial and numbered 'C25 6/9' (on the base of the figure)
bronze with a black patina
7.5 in. (19 cm.) high
Conceived in 1984.

Literature

D. Farr and E. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick Sculptor with a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-1996, Stroud, 1997, p. 352, no. C25, another cast illustrated.

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Lot Essay

Discussing the development of the theme of walking couples during the 1980s, Edward Lucie-Smith comments on the present work, 'Here the shapes are a good deal more naturalistic, the transition from thigh to lower leg is less abrupt, the uninhibited swirling rhythm of the cloak brings the sculpture closer to the work of the 1970s. In sculptural terms, the bulk of the garment makes the male partner unnecessary (see E. Lucie-Smith, Chadwick, Stroud, 1997, p. 120, pl. 92, another cast illustrated).

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