Lot 150
Denis Mitchell (British 1912-1993) §
Tumaco, 1970
Auction: 27 October 2023 from 11:00 BST
Description
signed DAM, titled, dated 70 and numbered 1/6 (to the underside of the base), polished and patinated bronze on slate base
Dimensions
10cm high, 23.7cm wide (4in high, 9 3/8in wide); 13.5cm high (5 3/8in high) including base
Provenance
Provenance
Private Collection, London.
Exhibited
St Ives, Penwith Galleries, 1970 (another cast, details untraced);
London, Marjorie Parr Gallery, Denis Mitchell: Recent Sculpture 1969-71, 7-30 October 1971, cat. no.2, n.p. (another cast);
St Ives, Wills Lane Gallery, 1971 (another cast, details untraced);
Glasgow, Compass Gallery, Denis Mitchell: Sculpture, 20 February–15 March 1973 (another cast);
Malta, National Museum, Denis Mitchell and Misomé Peile, May-June 1973 (another cast);
Malta, National Museum, Circulating Exhibition No.40: Denis Mitchell - An Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings, 1973-79, with tour to Cyprus, Greece, Yugoslavia, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Korea, cat. no.11, illustrated p.9 (another cast);
Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Festival Exhibition of Sculpture by Denis Mitchell, 6 October-3 November 1979, cat. no.19, illustrated, n.p. (another cast);
St Ives, Penwith Galleries, Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture 1932-1992, 30 June-1 August 1992, cat. no.74, illustrated p.42 (another cast);
London, Flowers East, Denis Mitchell, 1993, cat. no.38 (another cast);
Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Denis Mitchell: Sculpture, 26 March-19 June 1994, cat. no.20 (another cast);
Aldeburgh, 48th Aldeburgh Festival, Aldeburgh Cinema Gallery, Patrick Heron and Denis Mitchell, 9-25 June 1995, cat. no.24 (another cast).