Live Auction 17190Modern British Art Day Sale
William Turnbull (1922-2012)
Lot 206

William Turnbull (1922-2012)

Metamorphic Venus 2

Closed18 June 2019

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GBP 187,500

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William Turnbull (1922-2012)
Metamorphic Venus 2
signed with monogram, dated and numbered '82/5/6' (on the reverse at the base)
bronze with a light brown patina, on a York stone base
26 ¼ in. (58.4 cm.) high, including York stone base
Conceived in 1982.

with Waddington Galleries, London, where purchased by the present owner in 1987.

Specialist note


'I have always been interested in the idea of metamorphosis ... Ambiguity can give the image a wide frame of reference, which creates cross-reference between something that looks like an object and looks like an image. For me in making sculpture there is always that tension.'
- William Turnbull