Winged Figures, 1955
Signed 'Chadwick', numbered from the edition of 6, inscribed with cat. no. '172'
and dated '55', on the underside of the male figure's right wing; stamped with
the foundry mark, on the back of the female figure's right hip
Bronze
Cast by Cera Persa Brotal, Mendrisio
54.6 x 31.6 x 30.4 cm (21 ½ x 12 ½ x 12 in)
Edition of 6
There is a cast of Winged Figures in the collections of both Tate, London, and
Scottish National Galleries of Modern Art, Edinburgh.
Provenance
The Artist
Private collection (acquired in the 1950s)
Osborne Samuel, London
Exhibited
New York, M. Knoedler, Lynn Chadwick, January 1961, (another cast exhibited)
Literature
H. Read, Lynn Chadwick: Artist of Our Time, Amriswil, 1960, p. 20 (another cast
illustrated, as 'Maquette for Two Winged Figures'.)
W. Schmalenbach, 'Lynn Chadwick', Louisiana Revy, vol. 1, no. 2, November 1960
D. Farr, British Sculpture since 1945, London, 1965, pl. 7 (another cast illustrated)
A.M. Hammacher, Modern English Sculpture, London, 1967, no. 15 (as Maquette
for Two Winged Figures)
P. Levine and N. Koster, Chadwick: The Sculptor and His World, Leiden, 1988, p. 48
(another cast illustrated)
D. Farr and E. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated
Catalogue 1947-2003, Farnham, 2014, p. 124, no. 172 (another cast illustrated)
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