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Lot Essay
Rocket was modelled on one of Hicks's own dogs, a Battersea Dogs Home rescue dog who also appears in a bronze, multiple sculpture, conceived in 1987.
Details
Nicola Hicks (b. 1960)
Rocket
signed and dated 'Hicks '87' (lower right)
charcoal on buff paper
45 x 63½ in. (114.3 x 161.3 cm.)
Rocket
signed and dated 'Hicks '87' (lower right)
charcoal on buff paper
45 x 63½ in. (114.3 x 161.3 cm.)
Provenance
From the collection of Dresdner Kleinwort, London.
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