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LYNN CHADWICK (1914-2003)
Moon of Alabama
signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'Chadwick 246 2 / 6 P.E.' (on the underside)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 60 in. (152.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1957; cast by Pangolin Editions, Stroud, in 2004 in an edition of six
Provenance
Lypiatt Studio, Stroud.
Acquired from the above in November 2004 by the late owners, and thence by descent.
Literature
N. Koster & P. Levine, Lynn Chadwick, Leiden, 1988, p. 71 (another cast illustrated p. 81).
D. Farr, Lynn Chadwick, exh. cat., Tate Britain, London, 2003, p. 52 (another cast illustrated pp. 50-51 & n.p.; another cast illustrated again p. 53).
D. Farr & E. Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick: Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2003, Farnham, 2014, no. 246, p. 157 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Lynn Chadwick: Retrospectives, Blain Southern, London, 2014, no. 27, pp. 20 & 114 (another cast illustrated p. 27; another cast illustrated again on the frontispiece).
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We are very grateful to Sarah Chadwick for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.