This lot will be on sale on March 24th ----------------------------------------------------- Sculpture/Garden... Lot 103

This lot will be on sale on March 24th ----------------------------------------------------- Sculpture/Garden Design: † Giles Penny, Man on Bench, Bronze, signed Giles Penny ‘14 2/2, 150cm high by 180cm long This lot will be sold under normal UK VAT rules and VAT will be charged at 20% on both the hammer price and buyer's premium. A video of this lot can be viewed on https://youtu.be/uKiYmXY7j-4 Giles Penny (born 1962), is a British sculptor and painter. He established his reputation in the early 1990’s when he was commissioned to produce 23 large scale sculptures for the Body Shop Headquarters in Sussex.  This iconic piece, perhaps the best known of all his distinctive sculptures was conceived in 2014 and is limited to only two castings of which the other one is on the seafront at Southend. He has numerous pieces in public collections and spaces, including a two man version of this work in Canary Wharf, London. He is a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and Felicity Green, the British fashion journalist and former newspaper executive chose one of his sculptures as her luxury item for Desert Island Discs.