Lot 209: - William Pye , b.1938 Little Plateau bronze

bronze

height: 30.5cm.; 12in.

The artist in a statement: 'Little Plateau draws its source from the different qualities of water - its stillness when deep and its rippling movement in shallow streams, waterfalls or rock pools. A glassy, still lake of water is contained in a bronze bowl, brim-full to a precisely levelled rim. From here water slips over a smooth weir, becoming increasingly turbulent as it descends over a rough surface down into a secluded pool, recalling the dark rock pools familiar along the Cornish coast. The water then reappears in a third state, with the rippling surface of fast-moving shallow water. This lower pool forms the central feature of an anamorphic projection, which appears as a circular disc of rippling water, when seen from a distance away'.

Executed in 1984, from an edition of 6.

We are grateful to William Pye for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.