The Dancers

Details

David Wynne (1926-2014)
The Dancers
signed with monogram and numbered '4/6' (on the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina
28 in. (71.1 cm.) wide
Conceived in 1971 and cast in 1971-1972.

Provenance

Purchased directly from the artist by the present owner in 1972.

Exhibited

London, Covent Garden Gallery, David Wynne Recent Bronzes and Lithographs, October - November 1971, another cast exhibited, catalogue not traced.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

There are full size versions of The Dancers, measuring 120 inches high, in Cadogan Place Gardens in Knightsbridge and Hilton Head Island in South Carolina.

We are very grateful to Nicola Bennett for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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