Lot Essay
The present sculpture is related to a series of bird sculptures by David Wynne exhibited at Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, in March 1966.
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Soaring bird
Details
David Wynne, R.A. (1926-2014)
Soaring bird
signed with monogram, numbered and dated '1966 2/6' (on the base)
bronze with a grey green patina
28 in. (71.1 cm.) high, including base
Soaring bird
signed with monogram, numbered and dated '1966 2/6' (on the base)
bronze with a grey green patina
28 in. (71.1 cm.) high, including base
Literature
Y. Menuhin (foreword), The Sculpture of David Wynne 1949-1967, London, 1968, p. 156, no. 127, another cast illustrated.
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