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Bernard Meadows
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Bernard Meadows
- Four Large Reliefs
- each signed with Artist's monogram
- bronze
- largest: 41 by 32.5cm.; 15½ by 12¾in.
- Conceived in 1958.
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner in 2013
Exhibited
London, Gimpel Fils, Recent Sculpture by Bernard Meadows, April 1959, cat. no.45 (another cast);
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Recent British Sculpture: Robert Adams, Kenneth Armitage, Reg Butler, Lynn Chadwick, Hubert Dalwood, Barbara Hepworth, Bernard Meadows, Henry Moore, Eduardo Paolozzi, April - June 1961, cat. no.48, with Arts Council tour to Canada, Australia, Japan and Hong Kong.
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Recent British Sculpture: Robert Adams, Kenneth Armitage, Reg Butler, Lynn Chadwick, Hubert Dalwood, Barbara Hepworth, Bernard Meadows, Henry Moore, Eduardo Paolozzi, April - June 1961, cat. no.48, with Arts Council tour to Canada, Australia, Japan and Hong Kong.
Literature
Alan Bowness, Bernard Meadows: Sculpture and Drawings, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, London, 1995, cat. no.BM49, illustrated p.140 (another cast).
Condition
All structurally sound.
There is minor surface dirt and traces of casting residue to the works, together with a few scattered spots of oxidisation. There are also some light scratches and areas of very slight rubbing to one or two of the raised elements, only visible upon close inspection. This excepting the works appear in very good overall condition.
Each float-mounted in matching painted wooden box frames.
Please contact the department on +44 (0) 207 294 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Other casts of this sculpture are in the collections of the Tate, London, and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.