Bernard Meadows
Fallen Bird
Lot #223 |
2006-06-28 |
Sotheby's, London
20th Century British Sculpture
Category:
Sculpture
Estimate:
GBP 6,000 - 8,000 (currency of sale)
USD 11,064 - 14,752 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L06142
Auction name: 20th Century British Sculpture
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2006-06-28
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
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Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Sculpture & 3D Art
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Dimensions: length 48.5cm., 19in.
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Provenance
The Artist Chappel Galleries, Chappel, whence acquired by the present owner, 2001
Exhibited
Chappel, Chappel Gallery, Bernard Meadows: Drawings and Sculpture , March-April 2001, no. 30.
Literature
Alan Bowness, Bernard Meadows: Sculpture & Drawings , Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund and Humphries Publishers, London, 1995, no. BM62, illustrated pl. 34. Catalogue Note Conceived in 1958 and cast in a probable edition of 6.
Catalog summary
Bernard Meadows Fallen Bird incised with the foundry mark into the base bronze with a dark brown patina length 48.5cm., 19in. Provenance The Artist Chappel Galleries, Chappel, whence acquired by the present owner, 2001 Exhibited Chappel, Chappel Gallery, Bernard Meadows: Drawings and Sculpture , March-April 2001, no. 30. Literature Alan Bowness, Bernard Meadows: Sculpture & Drawings , Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund and Humphries Publishers, London, 1995, no. BM62, illustrated pl. 34. Catalogue Note Conceived in 1958 and cast in a probable edition of 6.