Metamorphic Venus 3

Details

William Turnbull (1922-2012)
Metamorphic Venus 3
signed with monogram, numbered and dated '2/6/82' (at the base)
bronze with a green patina, on a York stone base
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high, excluding York stone base
Conceived in 1982 and cast in an edition of 6 plus an artist's cast.

Provenance

with Waddington Galleries, London, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, William Turnbull: Horses - Development of a Theme, Other Sculptures and Paintings, London, Waddington Galleries, 2001, pp. 28-29, no. 13, another cast illustrated.
A.A. Davidson, The Sculpture of William Turnbull, Much Hadham, 2005, p. 158, no. 211, another cast illustrated.

Exhibited

London, Waddington Galleries, William Turnbull: Horses - Development of a Theme, Other Sculptures and Paintings, June - July 2001, no. 13, another cast exhibited.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

'I have always been interested in the idea of metamorphosis ... Ambiguity can give the image a wide frame of reference, which creates cross-reference between something that looks like an object and looks like an image. For me in making sculpture there is always that tension.'
William Turnbull

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