Lot 208
  • 208

Barry Flanagan

Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 GBP
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Description

  • Barry Flanagan
  • Pirate Wheel
  • incised with the artist's initials and numbered 4/8/-07 on the base
  • bronze
  • 213 by 198.1 by 77.2cm.; 83 7/8 by 78 by 30 3/8 in.
  • Executed in 2005, this work is number 4 from an edition of 8, plus 4 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York

Exhibited

Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Barry Flanagan: Sculpture 1965-2005, 2006, another example exhibited
New York, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Barry Flanagan: Sculpture, 2007, exhibited

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue: Vienna, Essl Museum, Passion for Art: 35th Anniversary of the Essl Collection, 2007, n.p., illustration of another example in colour
Exhibition Catalogue: Stockholm, Wetterling Gallery, Barry Flanagan, 2007, p. 33, illustration of another example in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the original is darker and contains fewer green undertones. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Very close inspection reveals some oxidisation in isolated places.Further very close inspection reveals some shallow and unobtrusive surface scratches and handling marks in isolated places to the base.
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