Sitting Couple in Robes I

Details

LYNN CHADWICK, R.A. (1914-2003)
Sitting Couple in Robes I
signed with an initial and numbered 'C 789 5/9' (at the back of the male figure's robe)
bronze with a black patina
13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.) deep
Conceived in 1980 and cast in 1987 by Lypiatt Foundry.

Provenance

with Waddington & Grace, Montreal, where purchased by the present owners in May 1989.

Literature

D. Farr and E. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2003, Farnham, 2014, p. 341, no. 789, another cast illustrated.

Exhibited

Kruishoutem, Fondation Veranneman, Lynn Chadwick and Karolus Lodenkämper, October - December 1980, another cast exhibited.

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

We are very grateful to Sarah Chadwick for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

For additional information about the Foundation Mireille and James Lévy, please see the introduction to lot 176.

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