Martín Chirino - 20th Century to Now London Friday, June 30, 2023 | Phillips

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  • “It’s easy to draw or paint shadows, but the challenge for a sculptor is to materialize them, to give them body weight.”
    —Martin Chirino

    • Provenance

      Galería Juana Mordó, Madrid
      XXXII Venice Biennale, Spanish Pavilion
      Thomas B. Lemann, New Orleans (acquired from the above in 1964)
      Thence by descent to the present owners

    • Exhibited

      Ateneo de Madrid, Martín Chirino: Cuadernos de arte del ateneo de Madrid, 1963
      XXXII Venice Biennale, Spanish Pavilion, 20 June - 18 October 1964, no. 101, p. 271 (titled Testa Curva and dated 1964)

    • Literature

      Martín Chirino, exh. cat., Gobierno de Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1987, p. 39
      María Luisa Martín de Margila, Martín Chirino, Esculturas Catálogo Razonado, Madrid, 2006, no. 83, p. 128 (illustrated)

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THOMAS B. LEMANN

69

Cabeza Reclinada. El Grito I

forged iron
59.4 x 69 x 13.4 cm (23 3/8 x 27 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Executed in 1962.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
£40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠

Sold for £76,200

Contact Specialist

Leonor de Osma
Head of Sale, 20th Century to Now
T +44 20 7901 7912
M +44 7584 086 052
ldeosma@phillips.com

20th Century to Now

London Auction 30 June 2023