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Stringed Shell

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Stringed Shell
Stringed Shell
Stringed Shell

Stringed Shell

Date1939
Artwork TypeSculpture Summary
Catalogue NumberLH 196
Dimensionslength: 12.7 cm (5 in.)±
OwnershipRecorded as "destroyed" in Lund Humphries catalogue raisonné
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Edition summary
Lead and wire edition of [1], cast 1939
Primary, 1939: media not recorded

Remarks
The only record of this sculpture is in the Lund Humphries Catalogue Raisonné (Volume 1, 4th edition), where it is recorded as destroyed. There are no extant photographs, and no other references.
ExhibitionsPublished References
photo: Nigel Moore
LH 207
1939
Stringed Figure
LH 207 lead
1939
photo: Nigel Moore
LH 199a cast 1
1939 cast 1982
photo: Art UK
LH 199a cast 3
1939 cast 1982
Stringed Figure
LH 199
1939
Photograph courtesy of Leeds Museums and Galleries
LH 206
1939
photo: Nigel Moore
LH 186e
1938
photo: Jaron James for Art UK
LH 199 lead
1939
photo: Nigel Moore
LH 186e lead
1938