MODERN SCULPTURE COLLECTION

LESLIE THORNTON
[1925-2016]

LESLIE THORNTON

Figure in a Doorway
1956
welded bronze
unique
106 cm high
Provenance: Gimpel Fils Gallery;
Private collection, Sweden;
Bukowskis, 2015
Exhib.:'Young British Sculptors'
1956-7, British Council touring exhibition of Sweden & Germany
cat. no. 49 [illustrated]

LESLIE THORNTON

Figure Underground 1
1960
welded bronze
unique
65 x 50 x 50 cm
Provenance: Gimpel Fils Gallery
London, 1960; Jane Wade, NY;
John and Isabelle Stevenson, NY;
John Ringold, New York, USA
[according to the artist, the Tate
Gallery attempted to buy this sculpture in 1960, but were
unable to raise the funds]

LESLIE THORNTON

Window
1977
bronze
edition of 3
2/3
signed
34 cm high
Provenance: The artist;
Gimpel Fils Gallery, London;
Dr Leonard Hamilton, USA
Millea Bros., 2020

Leslie Thornton was born in Skipton, Yorkshire and studied at the Royal Collage of Art.
He held one-man exhibitions at Gimpel Fils Gallery from 1957 onwards.
Public galleries include the Guggenheim and Museum of Modern Art [New York].
His wonderful welded bronze sculptures were all unique and his work now has a cult following.