MODERN SCULPTURE COLLECTION

F E McWILLIAM R.A.
[1909-92]

F E McWILLIAM

Pastoral Head
1960
bronze
unique
[an edition of 5 was intended
but this is the only one cast]
signed
46 cm high
Provenance: Waddington Galleries
Mayor Gallery;
Christies, 11 July 2013, lot 177
Offer Waterman Gall., 1 Apr 2014
Literature: 'McWilliam', cat. rais.,
Feren/Holman, 2012, p. 130, no 211
Exhibited: Waddingtons, one-man
March 1961, no. 30;
Arts Council 'Sculpture 1961' museum touring exhibition, 1961

F E McWILLIAM - Crankshaft Figure 1, 1962, bronze, 1/5
signed, 51 cm long
Provenance: The artist; Waddington Galleries, 'F E McWiilliam', one-man exhib., May-June 1963, no. 10 [illustrated];
Private collection; Grosvenor Gallery, London, 30 June 2014
Literature: 'The Sculpture of F E McWilliam', Feren/Holman, 2012
cat. rais., p. 136, no. 246

F E McWILLIAM

Rhinoceros, 1961
bronze, edition of 5, 2/5
signed MCW and numbered
38 cm long
Provenance: Waddington Galleries, 1962;
Edwin and Valerie Savitt.
Literature: 'The Sculpture of F E McWilliam', 2012, Lund Humphries
D Ferran, no. 227, p. 132 [illustrated]

F E McWILLIAM

PawnBalls
1991
wood-carving
unique
signed
55 cm high
Provenance: Mayor Gallery, 1992
Private collection, UK;
Christies, 2017
Literature: 'McWilliam', cat. rais.
2012, Feren/Holman, no. 514

F E McWilliam was born in County Down and is Northern Ireland's greatest sculptor.
He studied at the Slade School of Art.
One-man exhibitions were held at the Waddington Galleries and the Tate Gallery.
Public collections include the Tate Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art [New York].
Books have been written by Mel Gooding and a catalogue raisonne by Feren and Holman.
I was lucky to acquire my 2 favourite sculptures by him, Pastoral Head and Crankshaft Figure 1.