Reg Butler 1913-1981
Study for a Sacrificial Figure, 1952
bronze and wire
10 W ins


Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York City

Exhibited
J B Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky,
Reg Butler 'A Retrospective Exhibition, October 22 - December 1, 1963, cat no.49



Born in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, England. Butler trained as an architect and practised as an engineer before devoting himself to sculpture. Influenced by Henry Moore and Alexander Calder, he produced iron and stainless steel constructions suggestive of plant and insect forms.