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Barry Flanagan
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
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Description
- Barry Flanagan
- Elephant with Tusks and Nijinski Hare
inscribed with the artist's monogram and stamped with the foundry mark Pietrasanta Fine Arts
- bronze
- 168 by 111 by 70cm.; 66 1/8 by 43 5/8 by 27 1/2 in.
- Executed in 1996, this work is number 3 from an edition of 8 plus 3 artist's proofs.
Provenance
Waddington Galleries Ltd., London
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Literature
Sally Bonn, L'Art en Angleterre 1945-1995, Paris 1996, p. 147, illustration of another cast in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, Stockholm, Wetterling Gallery, Barry Flanagan, 2007, p. 15, illustration of another cast in colour
Condition
Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is darker in the original. The colour of the base is also even in the original.
Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are a few white specks and tiny media accretions in places throughout the surface.
"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
"Thematically the choice of the hare is really quite a 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 and feeling in a human figure, the range of expression is in fact far 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." (The artist quoted in: Barry Flanagan: Recent Sculpture, New York, 1994, p. 5)