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Lynn Chadwick 1914-2003

Lion III, 1986
Bronze
Length: 19cm.; 7½in.
Executed in 1986, the present work is number 1 from an edition of 9.
Signed, numbered C50 1/9 and dated 1986
WB2659
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One of Britain's most celebrated sculptor's of the 20th century, Lynn Chadwick secured his reputation at the 1952 Venice Biennale when he won the International Sculpture Prize, ahead of Alberto...
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One of Britain's most celebrated sculptor's of the 20th century, Lynn Chadwick secured his reputation at the 1952 Venice Biennale when he won the International Sculpture Prize, ahead of Alberto Giacometti. In the late 1940s and 50s, Chadwick used animal motifs to powerful effect as part of Britain's celebrated post-war generation of sculptors, whose existential angst Herbert Read famously dubbed 'the geometry of fear'. The lion first appeared in Chadwick's work in 1960; the distinct form he used, as seen in the present work, was inspired by a 7th century Assyrian relief of a dying lioness which Chadwick saw at the British Museum. The present work is number 1 from an edition of 9.
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Provenance

Gimpel Fils, London
Private collection

Exhibitions

Middlesborough, Cleveland Gallery, Lynn Chadwick, 16th September - 21st October 1995, cat. no.46, illustrated (another cast);

Chalford, Gallery Pangolin, Lynn Chadwick: Coming from the Dark, 2003, illustrated p.35 (another cast).

Literature

Dennis Farr and Éva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2003, Lund Humphries, Farnham, 2014, cat. no.C50, illustrated p.369 
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