Lot 274
  • 274

Barry Flanagan

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description

  • Barry Flanagan
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  • titled
  • bronze
  • 41 3/4 by 13 by 12 1/8 in. 106.1 by 33 by 30.8 cm.
  • Executed in 2006, this work is number 4 from an edition of 8 plus 4 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Waddington Galleries, London
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

London, Waddington Galleries, Barry Flanagan: Sculptures 2001-2008, April - May 2008

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There is scattered oxidation to the surface of the rabbit figures and there are some minor and unobtrusive surface accretions along the base.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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Catalogue Note

"Thematically the choice of the hare is really a quite rich and expressive sort of model; the investment of human attributes into the animal world is a very well practiced device, in literature and film, etcetera, and is really quite poignant. And on a practical level, if you consider what conveys situation and meaning in a human figure, the range of expression is in fact more limited than the device of investing an animal–a hare especially–with the expressive attributes of a human being. The ears, for instance, are really able to convey far more than a squint in an eye of a figure, or a grimace on the face of a model." Barry Flanagan