§ Reg Butler (British 1913-1981) Girl, conceived 1951

§ Reg Butler (British 1913-1981) Girl, conceived 1951 6/8, signed with monogram, and stamped with the Susse Foundry Paris stamp, patinated bronze (24cm high (9.5in high)) Provenance: Alan Wheatley Fine Art, London, where purchased by the present owner. Literature: Margaret Garlake, The Sculpture of Reg Butler, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, 2006, p.130, cat.no.94 (ill.b&w, p.131, another cast). Footnote: The subject of Girl is Reg Butler's student Rosemary Young, a sculptor who became his muse, companion, colleague and second wife. In this early example of his female studies in bronze, Young is depicted holding a modelling knife.