Denis Mitchell, British 1912-1993 - Trevean, 1971; bronze, conceived in 1971 in an edition of 5, signed with initials, titled, dated and numbered under base 'DAM Trevean 1971 1/5', 69.5(H) x 23.7(W) x 15(D) cm including bronze base (ARR)...

Denis Mitchell, British 1912-1993 - Trevean, 1971; bronze, conceived in 1971 in an edition of 5, signed with initials, titled, dated and numbered under base 'DAM Trevean 1971 1/5', 69.5(H) x 23.7(W) x 15(D) cm including bronze base (ARR) Provenance: Marjorie Parr Gallery, London; private collection, purchased from the above in October 1971 Exhibited: Marjorie Parr Gallery, London, 1971; Penwith Galleries, St Ives, Autumn Exhibition, 1973, another cast; Alwin Gallery, London, 1977, another cast Note: with thanks to the Estate of Denis Mitchell for their assistance with the cataloguing of this work. Denis Mitchell was a significant member of the St Ives group. This work, an abstract exploration of form, mass and space, is typical of Mitchell’s output, and reveals the influence of contemporaries such as Barbara Hepworth, with whom he worked as an assistant for 10 years. Mitchell’s central presence in the thriving artistic scene of St Ives was cemented in 1955, when he became chairman of the Penwith Society of Arts, members of which included Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, John Wells, Bryan Wynter and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. Works by Mitchell are in collections across the globe, including the Arts Council of Great Britain, the Tate Gallery in London, the National Gallery of New South Wales in Australia, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon.