Barry Flanagan, R.A.

Waddington Galleries, London, where acquired by the previous owner
Their sale, Sotheby's Olympia, 9th February 2006, lot 608
Private Collection, Belfast, from whom acquired by the present owner

The sculpture appears to be stable. There is some evidence of casting residue in the pitted areas of the work and a spot of oxidisation at the front tip of the boat. There is some surface dirt and matter scattered across the piece, possibly owing to the work previously being housed outside. With the exception of the above the work appears to be in good condition. Please contact the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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EXHIBITED

London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Barry Flanagan: Sculpture, 7th January - 20th February 1983 (details untraced, another cast);
New York, Pace Gallery, Barry Flanagan: Recent Sculpture, 28th October - 26th November 1983, un-numbered exhibition, illustrated (another cast);
London, Waddington Galleries, Groups VII, 5th - 28th January 1984, cat no.38, illustrated (another cast);
Perth, Art Gallery of Western Australia, The British Show, 19th February - 24th March 1985, (another cast) with British Council tour to Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Royal Exhibition Hall, Melbourne; National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand;
Tokyo, Fuji Telivision Gallery, Barry Flanagan, 8th October - 2nd November 1985, cat. no.3, illustrated (another cast);
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 11 European Sculptors, Europalia, November - December 1986 (another cast);
Oxford, Gallery of Modern Art, Current Affairs: British Painting and Sculpture in the 1980s, 1st - 29th March 1987, cat. no.37, illustrated (another cast), with British Council tour;
Newcastle upon Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, Barry Flanagan - A Visual Invitation: Sculpture 1967-1987, 27th June - 9th August 1987, cat. no.47, illustrated (another cast), with tour;
Montreal, Landau Fine Art, Barry Flanagan, 15th October - 19th December 1992, un-numbered exhibition (another cast);
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, The Whitechapel Centenary Exhibition, 21st March - 20th May 2001, un-numbered exhibition, illustrated (another cast);
Recklinghausen, Kunsthalle, Barry Flanagan: Plastik und Zeichnung - Sculpture and Drawing, 5th May - 14th July 2002, cat no.1, illustrated (another cast), with tour to
Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice;
Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Barry Flanagan: Sculpture 1965-2005, 28th June - 24th September 2006, un-numbered exhibition, illustrated (another cast);
London, Waddington Galleries, Barry Flanagan: Works 1966-2008, 17th March - 17th April 2010, cat. no.17, illustrated, (another cast).

The present work, depicting a boat in a stormy sea, was produced in response to the Falklands War in 1982. The boat also recalls Flanagan's earlier use of a vessel as a memorial to his brother, lost at sea.