Anthony Dowell

Details

Enzo Plazzotta (1921-1981)
Anthony Dowell
stamped with signature and numbered 'Plazzotta/5/9' (on the back)
bronze with a brown and dark green patina
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high, excluding the base

Literature

C. Plazzotta and R. O'Conor, Enzo Plazzotta A Catalogue Raisonné, London, 1986, p. 181, no. 172, 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.

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Lot Essay

Sir Anthony Dowell joined the Royal Ballet in 1961 and progressed to become its Principal Dancer, the company's most senior rank. He was acknowledged as one of their star dancers throughout the 1970s and early 1980s until his retirement in 1984. Dowell was appointed artistic director of the Royal Ballet in 1986, and held the position until he retired in 2001.

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