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Denis Mitchell (British, 1912-1993) Cerrito 66.7 cm. (26 1/4 in.) high (including base) (Conceived in 1971, in an edition of 7) image 1
Denis Mitchell (British, 1912-1993) Cerrito 66.7 cm. (26 1/4 in.) high (including base) (Conceived in 1971, in an edition of 7) image 2
Denis Mitchell (British, 1912-1993) Cerrito 66.7 cm. (26 1/4 in.) high (including base) (Conceived in 1971, in an edition of 7) image 3
Denis Mitchell (British, 1912-1993) Cerrito 66.7 cm. (26 1/4 in.) high (including base) (Conceived in 1971, in an edition of 7) image 4
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Denis Mitchell
(British, 1912-1993)
Cerrito 66.7 cm. (26 1/4 in.) high (including base)

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22 – 23 June 2022, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Denis Mitchell (British, 1912-1993)

Cerrito
signed with initials, titled and numbered 'CERRITO/No.1/DAM (on the base)
bronze with a green patina, part polished, on a slate base
66.7 cm. (26 1/4 in.) high (including base)
Conceived in 1971, in an edition of 7

Footnotes

Provenance
Private Collection, U.K.

Exhibited
London, Marjorie Parr Galleries, Denis Mitchell: Recent Sculpture 1969-71, 7-30 October 1971, cat.no.16 (another cast)
St Ives, Penwith Gallery, 1971 (catalogue not traced, another cast)
Oxford, Oxford Gallery, 1974 (catalogue not traced, another cast)
St Ives, Wills Lane Gallery, 1974 (catalogue not traced, another cast)
Plymouth, City Art Gallery, Alexander Mackenzie, Denis Mitchell, John Wells, 1 February-2 March 1975, cat.no.31 (another cast)
Penzance, Newlyn Orion Gallery, 1976 (catalogue not traced, another cast)
Bath, Festival Gallery, Denis Mitchell, April 1978, cat.no.26 (another cast)
Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Festival Exhibition of Sculpture by Denis Mitchell, 6 October-3 November 1979, cat.no.26 (another cast)
London, Berkeley Gallery, 1989
London, Gillian Jason Gallery, Denis Mitchell: A Retrospective: Sculptures 1951-1990, 11 July-10 August 1990, cat.no.23 (another cast)

Literature
George Dannatt, Festival Exhibition of Sculpture by Denis Mitchell, Welsh Arts Council, Cardiff, 1979, cat.no.26 (ill.b&w, another cast)

Saleroom notices

Please note that this lot is also dated '71' on the underside of the base.

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