BARRY FLANAGAN, R.A. (1941-2009) - photo 1
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BARRY FLANAGAN, R.A. (1941-2009)

Lot 231
05.03.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 231 | BARRY FLANAGAN, R.A. (1941-2009)
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 800 000
BARRY FLANAGAN, R.A. (1941-2009)
The Bowler
signed with monogram, numbered and stamped with foundry mark '6/8' (on the base)
bronze with a black patina
119 ½ in. (303.8 cm.) high
Conceived in 1990 and cast in an edition of 8, plus 3 artist's casts.
Cast by A&A Sculpture Casting Foundry, London, in 1991.




Provenance

with Waddington Galleries, London.
Acquired from the above by Galerie Eric van de Weghe, Brussels, in 1992.
Roger and Josette Vanthournout, Belgium, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent.



Literature

'Provocative Sculpture', Today in English, February 1994.
C. Preston (ed.), Barry Flanagan, London, Waddington Custot, 2017, p. 283, pl. 71, another cast illustrated.
J. Melvin, exhibition catalogue, Barry Flanagan: The Hare is Metaphor, New York, Paul Kasmin Gallery, 2018, catalogue not traced.



Exhibited

London, Waddington Galleries, British Art from 1930, February - March 1991, pp. 18-19, 63, no. 7, another cast illustrated.
Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Barry Flanagan, October - December 1991, n.p., another cast illustrated.
Milton Keynes, Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centre, A Carnival of Animals - An Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, May - July 1992, another cast exhibited, catalogue not traced.
Strasbourg, Le Parc de Pourtales, Le Centre Européen d'Actions, Artistiques Contemporaines, June 1992, pp. 24-27, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
West Bretton, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, The Names of the Hare: Large bronzes by Barry Flanagan: 1983-1990, June - August 1992, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
New York, Pace Gallery, Barry Flanagan Recent Sculpture, April - June 1994, pp. 12-13, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
London, Waddington Galleries, Barry Flanagan, October - November 1994, pp. 12-13, 57, no. 2, another cast illustrated.
Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy, Gallagher Gallery, Barry Flanagan, February - March 1995, pp. 12-13, 57, no. 2, another cast illustrated.
Osaka, National Museum of Art, Kansai Collections, April - July 2013, n.p., exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.



Further details

We are very grateful to the Barry Flanagan Estate for their assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Artist:Barry Flanagan (1941 - 2009)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
Auction house category:Sculptures, Statues & Figures
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