Live Auction 717520th Century British Art
Leon Underwood (1890-1975)
Lot 202

Leon Underwood (1890-1975)

The Chosen

Closed10 October 2012

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GBP 11,625

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Leon Underwood (1890-1975)
The Chosen
signed and numbered 'Leon U/III/VII' (on the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina
21 in. (53.3 cm.) long
Conceived in 1968.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 4 December 2002, lot 509, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

By 1935 Underwood was looking for ways to incorporate the base of his sculptures into the overall composition. The Chosen, 1968, exemplifies this with the base acting as an extension of the figure itself. The figure is an adaptation of Underwood's earlier wooden sculpture Manitu Bird, 1935.