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Bernard Meadows
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
- Bernard Meadows
- Seated Armed Figure: Personnage Très Important
- signed with monogram
- bronze with a dark brown patina
- height: 59.5cm.; 23½in.
- Conceived in 1962, the present work is number 3 from an edition of 6.
Provenance
James Hyman Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner in December 2004
Exhibited
London, Gimpel Fils, Bernard Meadows: Recent Sculpture, February - March 1963, cat. no.13 (as Personage tres Important) (another cast).
Literature
Alan Bowness, Bernard Meadows, Scuplture and Drawings, Lund Humphries/HMF, Aldershot, 1995, BM84, p.142, illustrated pl.46.
Condition
Please note the present work has been recently recleaned and the patina appears as a much richer dark brown than as illustrated in the catalogue illustration. The work appears in excellent overall condition.
Please telephone the department on 020 7293 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
After a visit to Florence in 1960, Meadows had been much influenced by the bellicose manner of the Renaissance figure sculpture in the city, and particularly Michelangelo's Brutus in the Bargello, with which the present sculpture is clearly linked. These strong armoured figures were a symbol of power and Meadows brought this sense of threat into the figure sculptures that he was to produce over the next four years.