Private collection of John W.Mills - purchased from his estate.
A stunning mid-century collectors piece.
John W. Mills’s Dylan (1956) is an early cast-bronze head that shows the young sculptor’s commitment to intimate, figurative portraiture long before his major public commissions. Catalogued simply as “Head, ‘Dylan’”, it belongs to the period when Mills entered the Royal College of Art (1956) and was refining a supple, hand-modelled surface that reads as tender and direct from life; the title also matches the name of his son, Dylan, born that same year.
John W. Mills (1933–2023) was an English sculptor celebrated for powerful public memorials and figurative bronzes; his best-known works include the Monument to the Women of World War II on Whitehall, unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II in 2005, and the National Firefighters Memorial by St Paul’s Cathedral.
Dimensions: 54 x 18 cm