Lot 175: FREDERICK EDWARD MCWILLIAM, A.R.A. (1909-1992) - Axehead

FREDERICK EDWARD MCWILLIAM, A.R.A. (1909-1992)
Axehead
signed with initials ‘McW.’ (at the base)
cherry, unique
21 in. (53.4 cm.) high, excluding base
Carved in 1935.


PROVENANCE:
with Waddington Galleries, London.
with Mayor Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner.
EXHIBITED:
Colchester, Arts Council of Great Britain, The Minories, A Salute to British
Surrealism 1930-1950, April - May 1985, no. 39: this exhibition travelled to
London, Blond Fine Art, May - June 1985; and Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, July -
August 1985.
Suomi, Retretti Art Centre, Surrealismi - Surrealism, May - September 1987,
catalogue not traced.
London, Tate Gallery, F.E. McWilliam: Sculpture 1932-1989, May - July 1989,
no. 6.
Dublin, The Soloman Gallery, F.E. McWilliam 1909-1992, August 1995,
exhibition not numbered.
LITERATURE:
M. Gooding, exhibition catalogue, F.E. McWilliam: Sculpture 1932-1989,
London, Tate Gallery, 1989, p. 36, no. 6, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, F.E. McWilliam 1909-1992, Dublin, The Soloman Gallery,
1995, n.p., exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
D. Ferran and V. Holman, The Sculpture of F.E. McWilliam, Farnham, 2012, p.
89, no. 18.