Sitting Couple II

Details

Lynn Chadwick (1914-2003)
Sitting Couple II
stamped with the Morris Singer foundry mark and numbered ‘797S EA1’ (on the reverse)
bronze with black patina
36 x 17 ¾ x 28 3/8 in. (91.5 x 45 x 72.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1980. This work is an hors commerce aside from an edition of nine.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Anon. sale; Bonhams, London, 10 June 2015, lot 85
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

D. Farr and E. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick Sculptor, Farnham, 2014, p. 344, no. 797S (another example illustrated).

Exhibited

Kruishoutem, Fondation Veranneman, Lynn Chadwick: Recent Works, October-December 1980 (another example illustrated and exhibited).
D. Ed Wingen, "Het eigenzinnige tijdsbeeldvan Lynn Chadwick," Kunst Beeld, September 1988, pp. 28-29 (illustrated).
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Britain Salutes New York: Paintings and Sculpture by Contemporary British Artists, April-May 1983, pp. 3 and 11, no. 11 (another example illustrated and exhibited).

Lot Essay

”I would call it attitude…the way that you can make something almost talk by the way the neck is bent, or the attitude of the head; you can actually make these sculptures talk, they say something according to exact balance, whereas if they’re absolutely straight…well, I suppose that’s saying something, too.” – Lynn Chadwick

Sitting Couple II

Lot Essay

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