We’re excited to share look at S429 Resting Lion II Monumental, a formidable sculpture by renowned South African artist Dylan Lewis.

Dylan Lewis’s cats, from his first bronzes in the early 1990s, have interrogated the essence of this most graceful of all terrestrial creatures. His sculptures of leopards, tigers, cheetahs, lions, and domestic cats are informed by an ancient lineage honed through millennia of inexorable environmental change.

Structure and an economy of lithe movement camouflage an ability to focus awesome explosive energy. Such is the nature of the animal that has obsessed this very rare sculptor from his formative years.

The majesty of this animal is palpable in its sculptural form as it empahsises the sheer size of these creatures by scaling it up to tower over its viewers. 

The first edition of S429 has been prepared for its journey to its new home in Europe; a milestone for this remarkable piece.

Work image, credit: Michael Hall