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David Wynne (b. 1926)

Noli me tangere: Christ and Mary Magdalene maquette

Fermé15 July 2009

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GBP 2,875

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David Wynne (b. 1926)
Noli me tangere: Christ and Mary Magdalene maquette
signed with monogram, dated and numbered 3/12/1963' (on the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina
12½ in. (31.8 cm.) high
Cast in an edition of 12.

Purchased directly from the artist by Colonel Victor Hill in the late 1960s and bequeathed to the present owner by Colonel Hill in 1986.

Note du spécialiste

The present work depicts John 20:17 - the Risen Christ appears to Mary Magdalene after the Resurrection.
Colonel Victor Hill donated the life-size sculpture of the present work to Magdalen College, Oxford, where it stands in the chapel.