Code: 10556
Dimensions:
'Skipping Girl' 1990 a limited edition signed and numbered bronze with a green and black patina 1690mm (66 3/4in) high excluding base and 1765mm (69 1/2in) high including base by James Butler R.A. (1931-2022) stamped with monogram, numbered I/IIII, signed Butler and dated '90 to base. Provenance: The Artist, from whom acquired directly by the previous owner for a Corporate Collection in the U.K. on the 5th June 1990. The model for 'Skipping Girl' is believed to be Kate the eldest of his five daughters and captures a moment in time where she is lost and totally absorbed in the activity.
There are versions of this sculpture at the Monte Palace Tropical Gardens, Madeira Island and at Harrow Town Centre.
One of Britain’s leading figurative sculptors whose subjects range from Richard III, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, footballer Billy Wright in Wolverhampton to Jomo Kenyatta in the centre of Nairobi. Four decades later, in 2015, he produced a similarly large-scale bronze of Queen Elizabeth II, celebrating the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta which is installed at Runneymede, Surrey.
He was elected a Royal Academician in 1972, a Member of the Royal West of England Academy in 1980 and Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1981.
