Φ Denis Mitchell (1912-1993)

Denis Mitchell (1912-1993)
Porthcressa
Stamped with initials, dated and numbered DAM/61/2 (to reverse)
Bronze on a slate base, 1961 from the edition of 3 plus 1 Artist's Cast
90.8 x 18 x 15.6cm (including base)

Provenance:
Waddington Galleries, London, 1961;
W H Lane and Son, Penzance, 10 February 1998;
Property from a deceased estate

Exhibited:
London, Waddington Galleries, Denis Mitchell Sculpture, 1 - 26 May 1961, no.19 (either this cast or cast no.1);
Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Festival Exhibition of Sculpture by Denis Mitchell, 6 October - 3 November 1979, no.6, (another cast);
British Council Touring Exhibition, Denis Mitchell; An Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawing, 1973-79, no.2, (another cast), with tour to Malta, Cyprus, Greece, Yugoslavia, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Korea;
St Ives, Penwith Galleries, 1965 (details untraced, another cast);
Chicago, Devorah Sherman Gallery, Denis Mitchell Sculpture, 1962, no.6, (another cast);
St Ives, Penwith Galleries, Denis Mitchell, Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture 1932-1992, 30 June - 1 August 1992, no.57, (another cast);
Winchester, The Winchester Gallery, Winchester School of Art, Works from the George and Ann Dannatt Collection, 2004 (details untraced, another cast)

Literature:
Herbert Read, Contemporary British Art, 1964, illustrated pl.17b (another cast).