Dylan Lewis
Lesser Kestrel (S20)
Lot Estimate
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 170 700
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
South African 1964-
Lesser Kestrel (S20)
signed, dated 93 and numbered 7/15
bronze with a brown patina
height: 35,5cm; width: 30cm; depth: 16cm
Notes
'This kestrel is among the first sculptures to be cast in the foundry Lewis established. Called 'The African Bronze Foundry', it produced all of his work over the next six years.'1
1. Laura Twiggs (ed) (2011) Dylan Lewis: Animal Bronzes 1989- 2005: The Collectors' Guide, Cape Town: Pardus, page 21.
Literature
Laura Twiggs (ed) (2011) Dylan Lewis: Animal Bronzes 1989-2005: The Collectors' Guide, Cape Town: Pardus, another cast from the edition illustrated on page 21.
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