1956
stamped with monogram and numbered 5/8
h 21 x 23 d x 12 w cm

Provenance
Private Collection

Exhibited
London, Hanover Gallery, May – June 1957, no. 29 (another cast)
Caracas, Venezuela, Galeria Freites, March – April 1992, no. 18 (another cast)

Literature
Margaret Garlake, The Sculpture of Reg Butler, Lund Humphries, 2006, no. 170, p. 148

The female figure in space, contorted into strange stretches occupied Butler from the mid 50’s to the end of his career. The present work derives from the early unique works where, as Butler described it, he ‘knitted with steel’ his figures; now working in bronze, works such as Girl on Back have become fleshed out and  tactile but retain the dynamic interest in movement.