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Auction archive: Lot number 42

Helen Sinclair (British, b. 1954

Estimate
£2,000 - £4,000
ca. US$2,615 - US$5,230
Price realised:
£2,900
ca. US$3,791
Auction archive: Lot number 42

Helen Sinclair (British, b. 1954

Estimate
£2,000 - £4,000
ca. US$2,615 - US$5,230
Price realised:
£2,900
ca. US$3,791
Beschreibung:

Helen Sinclair (British, b. 1954). 'Eurydice', cast bronze sculpture, c1995. Marked to base with number 1 from an edition of 5. 155cm x 36cm. Provenance: purchased directly from the artist by the vendor's father. Artist resale right up to a maximum of 4% of the hammer price maybe additionally payable on this lot. For more information visit www.dacs.org.uk. Extract from the artist's web-site. Helen Sinclair was born in South Wales in 1954. She studied sculpture at Wimbledon School of Art (1972- 1976). After teaching for twelve years, she has been a full-time sculptor since 1988. With her technician (traveller and writer Gary Ley) she does her own mouldmaking and resin casting. All her bronze sculpture is cast at the MB Fine Arts Foundry in Pembrokeshire. The human figure is her primary subject : the actual figure (in movement and at rest, clothed and unclothed) and the figure as depicted by other artists in any medium and at any phase in history. Her influences include the sculptural forms and mythology of ancient civilisations (Etruscan, Egyptian, South American), Italian Renaissance sculpture (especially Donatello) and twentieth century sculptors : Emilio Greco Medardo Rosso Giacometti and, most notably, Willhelm Lehmbruck. She also looks to painting for inspiration, especially Picasso, Matisse, Chagall and Modigliani. She exhibits widely in England and Wales and annually at the Chelsea Flower Show. Solo shows include: Catto Gallery, Hampstead, St David She has work in private collections in Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Lebanon, America, Australia and New Zealand. Her customers include Lord Melvyn Bragg, Sir Robert Clark chef Gary Rhodes, singer Bonnie Tyler, actress Sheila Hancock, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, poet Roger McGough and Keith Chapman (creator of Bob the Builder!). Recent commissions include § Light wear.

Auction archive: Lot number 42
Auction:
Datum:
27 Jul 2017
Auction house:
Ewbank's
London Road
Woking
Surrey, GU23 7LN
United Kingdom
antiques@ewbankauctions.co.uk
+44 (0)1483 223101
Beschreibung:

Helen Sinclair (British, b. 1954). 'Eurydice', cast bronze sculpture, c1995. Marked to base with number 1 from an edition of 5. 155cm x 36cm. Provenance: purchased directly from the artist by the vendor's father. Artist resale right up to a maximum of 4% of the hammer price maybe additionally payable on this lot. For more information visit www.dacs.org.uk. Extract from the artist's web-site. Helen Sinclair was born in South Wales in 1954. She studied sculpture at Wimbledon School of Art (1972- 1976). After teaching for twelve years, she has been a full-time sculptor since 1988. With her technician (traveller and writer Gary Ley) she does her own mouldmaking and resin casting. All her bronze sculpture is cast at the MB Fine Arts Foundry in Pembrokeshire. The human figure is her primary subject : the actual figure (in movement and at rest, clothed and unclothed) and the figure as depicted by other artists in any medium and at any phase in history. Her influences include the sculptural forms and mythology of ancient civilisations (Etruscan, Egyptian, South American), Italian Renaissance sculpture (especially Donatello) and twentieth century sculptors : Emilio Greco Medardo Rosso Giacometti and, most notably, Willhelm Lehmbruck. She also looks to painting for inspiration, especially Picasso, Matisse, Chagall and Modigliani. She exhibits widely in England and Wales and annually at the Chelsea Flower Show. Solo shows include: Catto Gallery, Hampstead, St David She has work in private collections in Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Lebanon, America, Australia and New Zealand. Her customers include Lord Melvyn Bragg, Sir Robert Clark chef Gary Rhodes, singer Bonnie Tyler, actress Sheila Hancock, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, poet Roger McGough and Keith Chapman (creator of Bob the Builder!). Recent commissions include § Light wear.

Auction archive: Lot number 42
Auction:
Datum:
27 Jul 2017
Auction house:
Ewbank's
London Road
Woking
Surrey, GU23 7LN
United Kingdom
antiques@ewbankauctions.co.uk
+44 (0)1483 223101
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