Lot no. 604
Lynn Chadwick
Two lying figures on base
Bronze mit schwarz-grüner Patina. 25 x 34,5 x 48 cm. Am oberen seitlichen Rand mit dem Künstlersignet und der Nummerierung sowie mit der Werknummer '679' und dem Gießerstempel Morris Singer, London. Exemplar 3/8. - Mit Witterungsspuren.
Farr/Chadwick 679
Provenienz
Privatsammlung, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Literatur
Edward Lucie-Smith, Lynn Chadwick, Stroud 1997, S.101, Taf. 75 mit Farbabb. (anderes Exemplar)
Abstrahierte menschliche Figuren mit den charakteristischen keil- bzw. quaderförmigen Köpfen finden sich seit Beginn der 1960er Jahre im Oeuvre Lynn Chadwicks. Nach den „Watchers“, „Electras“ und „Winged figures“ bevölkern in den 1970er Jahren sitzende, liegende und stehende Paare seinen figürlichen Kosmos.
Diese Paare erhalten nun klare männliche und weibliche Attribute, die dreieckige Gesichtsform wird der weiblichen Figur zugeordnet, die rechteckige der männlichen. Auffallend ist dabei der formale Gegensatz zwischen den glatt polierten, streng geometrisch-abstrakten „Gesichtern“ und den zum Teil recht naturalistisch ausgearbeiteten Körpern. Die Körperformen werden teils mit abstrahierten, üppig drapierten Gewändern verschleiert, teils unbekleidet dargestellt. Das hier auf einer reliefierten Basis nebeneinander liegende Paar stützt sich auf den Unterarmen ab und hält die Köpfe erhoben. Während der weibliche Körper unverhüllt ist, scheint der männliche mit einer Art Weste und einem von seinen Schultern nach hinten fallenden Umhang bekleidet zu sein.
Chadwick strebt von Beginn an eine Verbindung von abstrakten und figürlichen Elementen an. „However modern his techniques may be, his concern is the sculptor's traditional one of giving life and expression to a three-dimensional object.“ (Dennis Farr, in: Lynn Chadwick, New Work, Ausst.Kat. Marlborough Fine Art, London 1989, S.2). Seine Figurenpaare sind trotz ihrer lebensnahen Körpersprache und einem erzählerisch anmutenden Element - wie hier etwa die an eine Matratze erinnernde Basis - nie personalisiert, sondern haben als figürliche Zeichen eine allgemeine Gültigkeit.
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Lynn Chadwick
Two lying figures on base
Bronze with black-green patina. 25 x 34.5 x 48 cm. Artist's signum, numbered, and with work number '679' and foundry mark Morris Singer, London, in upper lateral margin. Cast 3/8. - Traces of weather.
Farr/Chadwick 679
Provenance
private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia
Literature
Edward Lucie-Smith, Lynn Chadwick, Stroud 1997, p.101, plate 75 with colour plate (different cast)
Abstracted human figures with their characteristic wedge and cuboid-shaped heads have featured in Lynn Chadwick's oeuvre since the beginning of the 1960s. After "Watchers", "Electras" and "Winged figures", sitting, lying and standing couples populated his figural cosmos in the 1970s.
These couples now have clear male and female attributes, the triangular-shaped face assigned to the female figure, the square to the male. The formal contrast between the smoothly polished, strongly geometrically abstract "faces" and the somewhat naturalistic worked bodies is striking. The body shapes are partly depicted veiled by abstracted, elaborately draped robes, partly unclothed. The couple depicted here lying atop a relief-decorated plinth are resting on their forearms and holding their heads up. Whilst the female body is unclothed, the male appears dressed in a type of waistcoat and a cape falling backwards off his shoulders.
From the beginning, Chadwick sought to combine abstract and figural elements. "However modern his techniques may be, his concern is the sculptor's traditional one of giving life and expression to a three-dimensional object.“ (Dennis Farr, in: Lynn Chadwick, New Work, exhib.cat. Marlborough Fine Art, London 1989, p.2). Despite their lifelike body language and the suggestion of a narrative element - such as the plinth in this example reminiscent of a mattress - his couples are never personalised, but have a general validity as figural signs.
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Pictures credits: Contact organization
Sculpture and bronzes
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