λ DENIS MITCHELL (BRITISH 1912-1993), CARNVALLOW λ DENIS MITCHELL (BRITISH 1912-1993)CARNVALLOW BronzeSigned with initials, dated, titled and numbered Carnellow [sic] , 75, 3/7 (to underside of base)Height (including base): 59.5cm (23¼in.) Conceived in 1975. Provenance: Jonathan Grimble His sale, David Lay, Penzance, 7 December 2021, lot 139Exhibited: London, Marjorie Parr Gallery, Denis Mitchell, 1975, no. 37 (illustration of another cast)Bath, Festival Gallery, Denis Mitchell Sculptures 1950-1978, 1978, no. 37 (another cast illustrated)Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Denis Mitchell, 1979, no. 37a (illustration of another cast)London, Gillian Jason Gallery, Denis Mitchell - A Retrospective: Sculpture 1951-1990, 1990, no. 26, (another cast illustrated on catalogue cover)

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