MODERN SCULPTURE COLLECTION
BERNARD MEADOWS R.A.
[1915-2005]
BERNARD MEADOWS - Fish, 1955, bronze, edition of 6
unique patination, signed + Susse foundry stamp, 40 x 58 cm
Provenance: The artist; Paul Rosenberg, New York [c. 1955];
Rosenberg family collection; Sothebys, 2021
Literature: 'Bernard Meadows', A Bowness, cat. rais., Lund Humphries
1995, no. BM35, p. 139
[Patinations vary on the casts of this, most are black or dark brown
but it is much more detailed on this cast]
BERNARD MEADOWS
Fish Relief
1953
bronze
40 x 58 cm
Exhibited: Venice Biennale, 1964 [label on reverse]
Prov. Gimpel Fils, GF 16391
BERNARD MEADOWS
Cock Relief
1952/66
bronze
edition of 6
signed
50 x 40 cm
Provenance: The artist;
Gimpel Fils Gallery;
Private Collection, UK;
Roseberys auction, 12 Sept. 2011, lot 716
Literature: 'Bernard Meadows'
cat. rais., A Bowness, LH, BM21
BERNARD MEADOWS
Cock Reliefs
1952
bronze
edition of 6
signed
27 x 22 cm
Provenance: The artist;
Private collection, UK
Literature: 'Bernard Meadows'
Cat. rais., A Bowness, LH, p. 137
BERNARD MEADOWS
Shot Bird 1
1958
bronze
edition of 6
signed
21 cm high
Provenance: The artist;
Gimpel Fils Gallery [1958];
Private collection, UK;
Christies, 12 May 1989, lot 67;
Private collection, UK
Literature: 'Bernard Meadows'
cat. rais., A Bowness, LH, pl. 32
[this cast illustrated]
BERNARD MEADOWS - Two Directors, 1963, bronze, edition of 6
signed, 91 x 91 cm [including backboard]
Provenance: Gimpel Fils Gallery; Private collection, UK;
Sothebys, 11 October 1989, lot 226; Private collection, UK
Literature: 'Bernard Meadows', cat. rais., A Bowness, Lund Humphries
BM93, pl. 61
[Inspired by a photograph of an Italian film director Visconti
pointing and shouting 'action']
BERNARD MEADOWS
Relief: Watchers
1966
bronze
edition of 6, 1/6
53 x 42 x 9 cm
Prov: Gimpel Fils [GF 1504]
Literature: 'Bernard Meadows..'
Alan Bowness, Lund Humphries, p. 144, BM99
BERNARD MEADOWS
Crabs
1975-6
watercolours x 2
signed
12.5 x 20 cm
Provenance: The artist;
Chappel Galleries, 22 Dec. 2005
Literature: 'Bernard Meadows'
A Bowness, 1995, Lund Humphries
plate 96
