The Chosen

Details

Leon Underwood (1890-1975)
The Chosen
signed and numbered 'Leon U/III/VII' (on the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina
21 in. (53.3 cm.) long
Conceived in 1968.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 4 December 2002, lot 509, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

C. Neve, Leon Underwood, Bristol, 1974, p. 158, no. 115, (another cast illustrated).
B. Whitworth, The Sculpture of Leon Underwood, London, 2000, p. 131, no. 97, (another cast illustrated).

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

By 1935 Underwood was looking for ways to incorporate the base of his sculptures into the overall composition. The Chosen, 1968, exemplifies this with the base acting as an extension of the figure itself. The figure is an adaptation of Underwood's earlier wooden sculpture Manitu Bird, 1935.

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