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Lynn Chadwick R.A. (British, 1914-2003) Pair of Sitting Figures VIII 30.5 cm. (12 in.) high (female figure); 28.7 cm. (11 1/4 in.) high (male figure) Conceived in 1975, and cast in 1975 by Lypiatt Foundry ((2)) image 1
Lynn Chadwick R.A. (British, 1914-2003) Pair of Sitting Figures VIII 30.5 cm. (12 in.) high (female figure); 28.7 cm. (11 1/4 in.) high (male figure) Conceived in 1975, and cast in 1975 by Lypiatt Foundry ((2)) image 2
Lynn Chadwick R.A. (British, 1914-2003) Pair of Sitting Figures VIII 30.5 cm. (12 in.) high (female figure); 28.7 cm. (11 1/4 in.) high (male figure) Conceived in 1975, and cast in 1975 by Lypiatt Foundry ((2)) image 3
Lynn Chadwick R.A. (British, 1914-2003) Pair of Sitting Figures VIII 30.5 cm. (12 in.) high (female figure); 28.7 cm. (11 1/4 in.) high (male figure) Conceived in 1975, and cast in 1975 by Lypiatt Foundry ((2)) image 4
Lynn Chadwick R.A. (British, 1914-2003) Pair of Sitting Figures VIII 30.5 cm. (12 in.) high (female figure); 28.7 cm. (11 1/4 in.) high (male figure) Conceived in 1975, and cast in 1975 by Lypiatt Foundry ((2)) image 5
Lynn Chadwick R.A. (British, 1914-2003) Pair of Sitting Figures VIII 30.5 cm. (12 in.) high (female figure); 28.7 cm. (11 1/4 in.) high (male figure) Conceived in 1975, and cast in 1975 by Lypiatt Foundry ((2)) image 6
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Lynn Chadwick R.A.
(British, 1914-2003)
Pair of Sitting Figures VIII 30.5 cm. (12 in.) high (female figure); 28.7 cm. (11 1/4 in.) high (male figure) Conceived in 1975, and cast in 1975 by Lypiatt Foundry

19 June 2024, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Lynn Chadwick R.A. (British, 1914-2003)

Pair of Sitting Figures VIII
signed, numbered and dated 'CHADWICK 75/695B 2/8' and further signed with initial (on the back of each figure's cloak)
bronze with a black patina
30.5 cm. (12 in.) high (female figure); 28.7 cm. (11 1/4 in.) high (male figure)
Conceived in 1975, and cast in 1975 by Lypiatt Foundry
(2)

Footnotes

Provenance
Acquired by the mother of the present owner in the 1980s, thence by descent
Private Collection, U.S.A

Exhibited
Copenhagen, Court Gallery, Lynn Chadwick, December 1975-January 1976 (another cast, catalogue untraced)

Literature
Dennis Farr & Éva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick, Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-1996, Lypiatt Studio, Stroud, 1997, pp.296-7, cat.no.695B (ill.b&w, another cast)
Dennis Farr & Éva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick, Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2005, Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 2006, pp.304-5, cat.no.695B (ill.b&w, another cast)
Dennis Farr & Éva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2003, Lund Humphries, Farnham, 2014, p.310, cat.no.695B (ill.b&w, another cast)

We are grateful to the Artist's Estate for their assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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