Details
WILLIAM REDGRAVE (LITTLE ILFORD 1903-1986)
Study of a winch and chain
signed 'Redgrave' (upper right)
watercolour and bodycolour on paper
978 x 658 in. (25.1 x 16.8 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, circa 1980.
Exhibited
London, Martyn Gregory, A Foray into the 20th Century: Works by British Artists, April - May 2015, no. 55.
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

Bill Redgrave was wide ranging in his choice of medium but was principally a sculptor, working in clay, plaster and bronze. His great work in bronze, The Event (1966), was destroyed in the Momart fire of 2004. It was considered by many to be the greatest work of art in the warehouse.

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