Lot Essay
Other casts of this sculpture are in the collection of Tate, London, and the British Council, London.
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Axehead Torso
Details
WILLIAM TURNBULL (1922-2012)
Axehead Torso
signed with monogram, numbered and dated '4/9 /79' (at the base)
bronze with a green patina, on a wooden base
14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1979.
Axehead Torso
signed with monogram, numbered and dated '4/9 /79' (at the base)
bronze with a green patina, on a wooden base
14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1979.
Provenance
with Waddington Galleries, London, where purchased by E.J. Power in 1981.
Private collection, U.K.
with Alan Wheatley, London, where purchased by the present owner.
Private collection, U.K.
with Alan Wheatley, London, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, William Turnbull, London, Waddington Galleries, 1981, n.p., another cast illustrated.
A.A. Davidson, The Sculpture of William Turnbull, Much Hadham, 2005, p. 150, no. 194, another cast illustrated.
A.A. Davidson, The Sculpture of William Turnbull, Much Hadham, 2005, p. 150, no. 194, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Waddington Galleries, William Turnbull, March 1981, another cast exhibited.
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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