Live Auction 20023Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale
WILLIAM TURNBULL (1922-2012)
Lot 151 SELECTED WORKS FROM THE MOLENICK COLLECTION

WILLIAM TURNBULL (1922-2012)

Axehead Torso

Closed21 October 2021

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GBP 50,000

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WILLIAM TURNBULL (1922-2012)
Axehead Torso
signed with monogram, numbered and dated '4/9 /79' (at the base)
bronze with a green patina, on a wooden base
14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1979.

with Waddington Galleries, London, where purchased by E.J. Power in 1981.
Private collection, U.K.
with Alan Wheatley, London, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Other casts of this sculpture are in the collection of Tate, London, and the British Council, London.