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BERNARD MEADOWS, R.A. (1915-2005)

Lot 118
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Lot 118 | BERNARD MEADOWS, R.A. (1915-2005)
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£ 50 000 – 80 000
BERNARD MEADOWS, R.A. (1915-2005)
Black Crab
bronze with a black patina
16 ¼ in. (41.2 cm.) high
Conceived in 1951-52 and cast in an edition of 8, plus an artist's cast.




Provenance

with Gimpel Fils, London, where purchased by Ayala Zacks-Abramov in 1956, and by descent to the present owner.



Literature

R. Melville, ‘Exhibitions’, Architectural Review, Vol. 112, August 1952, no. 668, p. 130.
R.H. Wilenski, Modern Movement in Art, London, 1957, p. 42, fig. 63, another cast illustrated.
W.J. Strachan, ‘The Sculptor and his Drawings: Bernard Meadows’, Connoisseur, April 1974, Vol. 185, no. 746, pp. 288-293, another cast illustrated.
W.J. Strachen, Towards Modern Sculpture: Maquettes and Sketches from Rodin to Oldenburg, London, 1976, p. 185, another cast illustrated, as 'Crab'.
Tate Gallery Acquisitions 1982-4, London, 1986, p. 278.
P. Curtis, Modern British Sculpture from the Collection: Tate Gallery, London, 1988, p. 76, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness, Bernard Meadows: Sculpture and Drawings, London, 1995, pp. 39, 136, no. BM18, pl. 18, another cast illustrated.
T. Hilton, ‘Just a Little Bit Moore’, Independent on Sunday, 24 September 1995, p. 22.
R. Cork, 'Shaping up to his Mortal Dread’, Times, 29 September 1995, p. 34.
J. Sherwin, From France to England: British Surrealism Opened Up, Bradford, 2014, pp. 5, 136, another cast illustrated on the cover.



Exhibited

Venice, British Pavilion, XXVI Venice Biennale, Exhibition of Works by Sutherland, Wadsworth, Adams, Armitage, Butler, Chadwick, Clarke, Meadows, Moore, Paolozzi, Turnbull, May - October 1952, no. 135, another cast exhibited.
Cheltenham, Arts Council of Great Britain, Gloucester College of Art, Sculpture in the Home: Third Exhibition, May 1953, no. 27, another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Manchester, Cotton Board, June - July 1953; Coventry, Herbert Temporary Art Gallery, July - August 1953; Leeds, Temple Newsam House, August - September 1953; Warwick, County Museum, September - October 1953; Glasgow, School of Art, November - December 1953; Aberdeen, Art Gallery, December 1953 - January 1954; Newcastle upon Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, March 1954; and London, New Burlington Galleries, April - May 1954.
Chicago, British Council, Arts Club of Chicago, Young British Sculptors, March 1955, no. 41, another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, April - May 1955; Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center, September - October 1955; Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, November - December 1955; and Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, January – February 1956.
Cardiff, Arts Council of Wales, National Museum of Wales, Sculpture 1961, July - September 1961, no. 33, incorrectly dated '1954', another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, September 1961; Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, October 1961; and Bangor, University College, November 1961.
Ottawa, British Council, National Gallery of Canada, Recent British Sculpture: Robert Adams, Kenneth Armitage, Reg Butler, Lynn Chadwick, Hubert Dalwood, Barbara Hepworth, Bernard Meadows, Henry Moore, Eduardo Paolozzi, April - June 1961, no. 45, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Winnipeg, Art Gallery, September - October 1961; Regina, Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina College, November 1961; Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, January - February 1962; Ontario, Public Library and Art Museum, February - March 1962; Vancouver, Art Gallery, March - April 1962; Auckland, Institute and Museum, July 1962; Wellington, Dominion Museum, August - September 1962; Dunedin, Otago Museum, October 1962; Christchurch, Canterbury Museum, November - December 1962; Perth, Western Australia Art Gallery, January - February 1963; Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, July - August 1963; Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, September - October 1963; Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery, November - December 1963; Newcastle NSW, Newcastle War Memorial Cultural Centre, January 1964; Canberra, Albert Hall, February 1964; Tokyo, Bridgestone Art Gallery, March - April 1964; Kyoto, Museum of Modern Art, July - August 1964; and Hong Kong, City Hall Art Gallery, August - September 1964.
Venice, British Pavilion, XXXII Venice Biennale, Roger Hilton Paintings, Gwyther Irwin Collages, Joe Tilson Painted Constructions, Bernard Meadows Sculpture and Drawings, May - October 1964, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Zagreb, British Council, City Art Gallery, Roger Hilton, Gwyther Irwin, Bernard Meadows, Joe Tilson, November - December 1964, no. 42, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Berlin, Kunstamt Reinickendorf, January 1965; Recklinghausen, Museen der Stadt Recklinghausen, February - March 1965; Brunswick, Kunstverein, March - April 1965; and Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, May - June 1965.
Delhi, British Council, Lalit Kala Akademi Gallery, Nine Living British Sculptors, November - December 1965, no. 30, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Calcutta, Government College of Arts and Crafts, December 1965; Madras, Rajaji Hall, January 1966; and Bombay, Jehangir Art Gallery, February 1966.
Londonderry, North-West Arts Festival, Brooke Park Gallery, British Sculpture 1952-1962, April 1967, no. 27: this exhibition travelled to Belfast, Ulster Museum, May - June 1967.
Cairo, British Council, Andalous Gardens, Eight British Sculptors, September 1969, no. 21, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Ankara, State Fine Arts Gallery, December 1969 - January 1970; Beirut, Dar El Fan, April 1970; and Istanbul, Opera House, January - February 1971.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, British Sculpture in the Twentieth Century: Part 2: Symbol and Imagination 1951-80, November 1981 - January 1982, no. 52, another cast exhibited.
London, Tate Gallery, Forty Years of Modern Art, December 1985 - April 1986, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
Leeds, City Art Gallery, A British Vision of World Art, November 1993 - February 1994, p. 134, no. 133, another cast illustrated.
London, Gimpel Fils, Bernard Meadows: Retrospective, September - October 1995, no. 1, another cast exhibited.
Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum, Blast to Frieze: British Art in the Twentieth Century, September 2002 - January 2003, pp. 108, 323, no. 107, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Toulouse, Les Abattoirs, February - May 2003.
Leeds, Harewood House, The Modern Show: British Art from Private Collections 1908-1958, 2006, p. 31, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated on the cover.
Leeds, City Art Gallery, British Surrealism in Context: A Collectors Eye, July - November 2009, p. 185, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
Artist:Bernard Meadows (1915-2005)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
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