Lot 95
Grizel Niven (British 1906-2007) §
Bust of a head
Auction: 29 October 2021 from 11:00 BST
£1,125
Description
signed, patinated bronze
Dimensions
the bronze 44cm high x 38cm wide (17.24in x 15in)
Footnote
Grizel Niven was a pupil of Henry Moore in the 1930s and began direct carving under his influence. Later in her career she won acclaim for her sculpture for the Dachau Concentration Camp memorial, and after hearing Kate Mosse talking on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour about setting up a Women’s Prize for Fiction, she telephoned and offered a cast of a sculpture of her as a prize. Her younger brother was the actor David Niven.