22nd Apr, 2021 14:00

Modern & Post-War British Art

 
  Lot 342
 

ALAN THORNHILL (1921-2020)

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ALAN THORNHILL (LOTS 338-353)
ALAN THORNHILL (1921-2020)

Improvisation
patinated terracotta
14.5 x 19.5 cm (5 3/4 x 7 3/4 in)
Executed in Putney in 1973

PROVENANCE:
Artist's estate

The present work was one of a series inspired by dance improvisation classes at the London School of Contemporary Dance. Thornhill's life classes at Morley College were notable for his use of moving models. He encouraged his students to move themselves too, to better understand the sculptural sense of mass and weight in their own bodies.


 

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