William Turnbull

Gothenburg, Gothenburg Museum, Yngre Brittiska Skulptorer, 1956-7, no.52, and toured to Sandviken, Linkoping, Tranas, Lund, Halsingborg, Halmstad, Falkenberg, Orebro, Stockholm, illustrated in the catalogue p.15 (another cast);
London, I.C.A., William Turnbull: New Sculpture and Paintings, 1957, no.12 (another cast);
New York, Malborough-Gerson Gallery Inc., October 1963, no.23 (another cast);
Balboa, California, Pavilion Gallery, William Turnbull, 1966, no.2, illustrated in the catalogue (another cast);
London, Tate Gallery, William Turnbull: Sculpture and Painting, 1973, no.27, illustrated in the catalogue p.34 (another cast);
London, Waddington Galleries, William Turnbull: Sculptures 1946-62, 1985-87, 1987, no.5, illustrated in the catalogue p.21 (another cast);
London, Serpentine Gallery, William Turnbull: Sculpture and Paintings, 15 November 1995 - 7 January 1996, no.9, p.22, illustrated in the catalogue (another cast).

Ann Elliott, Sculpture at Goodwood 1, The Hat Hill Sculpture Foundation, 1995, illustrated p.22 (another cast);
Bernard Cohen, 'William Turnbull: painter and sculptor', Modern Painters, Winter 1995, illustrated p.31 (another cast);
Amanda Davidson, The Sculpture of William Turnbull, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, 2005, no.61 illustrated, p.96 (another cast).

There is surface dirt in the crevices and the ridges. The patina is richly coloured through various shades of brown, blue and green and there are scattered areas of rich blue/green colouring within several ridges that appear to be intentional to the original colouring of the surface. There are some small areas of oxidation around the edge of the base otherwise the work appears to be in good overall condition. Held on a concrete plinth.
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Conceived in 1955 and cast in an edition of 4.