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

BERNARD MEADOWS

Watchers
study for sculpture
1979
watercolour
signed
18 x 20 cm
Provenance: Private collection
Literature: 'Bernard Meadows'
A Bowness, 1995, Lund Humphries
plate 106

Bernard Meadows was born in Norwich and studied at the Royal College of Art.
He was one of the 'Geometry of Fear' artists who represented the UK at the Venice Biennale in 1952. He featured again at the Venice Biennale in 1964.
One-man exhibitions were held at Gimpel Fils Gallery.
A book by Alan Bowness and published by Lund Humphries included a catalogue raisonne.
The Tate Gallery and Museum of Modern Art [New York] collections include his sculptures.
I admire most of his sculptures but I particularly like the reliefs

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