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Barry Flanagan
Estimate
450,000 - 650,000 USD
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Description
- Barry Flanagan
- Six Foot Leaping Hare on Steel Pyramid
- bronze and steel
- 94 by 73 1/4 by 26 in. 238.8 by 186.1 by 66 cm.
- Executed in 1990, this work is number 1 from an edition of 8 plus 3 artist's proofs.
Provenance
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1996
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1996
Exhibited
Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, Animalia: Stellvertreter. Tierbilder in der zeitgenossischen Kunst, 1990
London, Business Design Centre, Waddington Galleries, Art ’92, 1992
Wiltshire, New Art Centre, Roche Court Sculpture Garden, 1992
Somerset, Millfield School, Millfield British 20th Century Sculpture Exhibition, 1992, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, The Names of the Hare: Large Bronzes by Barry Flanagan: 1983-1990, 1992 (another example exhibited)
Paris, Galerie Durand-Dessert, Barry Flanagan, 1992 (another example exhibited)
London, Waddington Galleries, Barry Flanagan, 1994, cat. no. 4, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
New York, Park Avenue, 54th-59th Street, Barry Flanagan on Park Avenue, 1995
Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy, Barry Flanagan, 1995, cat. no. 4, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Chicago, Grant Park, Barry Flanagan in Grant Park, Chicago, 1996
Milan, Galleria Karsten Greve, Barry Flanagan: Scultura, 1996
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Turning Points: 20th Century British Sculpture, 2004, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Cambridge, Jesus College, Sculpture in the Close: Remembering Flanagan, 2011 (another example exhibited)
London, Business Design Centre, Waddington Galleries, Art ’92, 1992
Wiltshire, New Art Centre, Roche Court Sculpture Garden, 1992
Somerset, Millfield School, Millfield British 20th Century Sculpture Exhibition, 1992, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, The Names of the Hare: Large Bronzes by Barry Flanagan: 1983-1990, 1992 (another example exhibited)
Paris, Galerie Durand-Dessert, Barry Flanagan, 1992 (another example exhibited)
London, Waddington Galleries, Barry Flanagan, 1994, cat. no. 4, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
New York, Park Avenue, 54th-59th Street, Barry Flanagan on Park Avenue, 1995
Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy, Barry Flanagan, 1995, cat. no. 4, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Chicago, Grant Park, Barry Flanagan in Grant Park, Chicago, 1996
Milan, Galleria Karsten Greve, Barry Flanagan: Scultura, 1996
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Turning Points: 20th Century British Sculpture, 2004, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Cambridge, Jesus College, Sculpture in the Close: Remembering Flanagan, 2011 (another example exhibited)
Literature
Exh. Cat., New York, PaceWildenstein, Barry Flanagan: Recent Sculpture, 1994, p.6, illustrated in color
Susannah Lawson, Ed., The 20th Century Art Book, London 1996, p. 141, illustrated
Exh. Cat., London, Waddington Galleries, Barry Flanagan, 2003, illustrated in color, p. 21
Exh. Cat., Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Barry Flanagan: Sculpture 1965-2005, 2006, cat. no. 201 and 210, illustrated
Lynne Green, Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Landscape for Art, Wakefield 2008, illustrated in color, p. 121
Susannah Lawson, Ed., The 20th Century Art Book, London 1996, p. 141, illustrated
Exh. Cat., London, Waddington Galleries, Barry Flanagan, 2003, illustrated in color, p. 21
Exh. Cat., Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Barry Flanagan: Sculpture 1965-2005, 2006, cat. no. 201 and 210, illustrated
Lynne Green, Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Landscape for Art, Wakefield 2008, illustrated in color, p. 121
Condition
This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There are a few scattered drip accretions on the hare form and some scattered drip accretions, minor surface abrasions and evidence of light wear to the base, all to be expected of a work installed in an outdoors environment.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE 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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"They are highly respected works, with dynamic energy and jubilant spirit. Barry Flanagan, the renowned Welsh sculptor, created his jovial jackrabbit to celebrate human whimsy — that spontaneous emotion we share with animalkind."
Raymond Ward Bissell, Shared Space: the Joseph M. Cohen Collection, Kansas City 2010, p. 60
Raymond Ward Bissell, Shared Space: the Joseph M. Cohen Collection, Kansas City 2010, p. 60