Bird I

Details

GEOFFREY CLARKE, R.A. (1924-2014)
Bird I
iron and stone, unique
28 1⁄4 in. (71.7 cm.) high
Conceived in 1954.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner after the 1955 exhibition.

Literature

J. LeGrove, Geoffrey Clarke: A Sculptor's Materials, Bristol, 2017, pp. 112-113, illustrated.
J. LeGrove, Geoffrey Clarke: Sculptor: Catalogue Raisonné, London, 2017, p. 40, no. 578, illustrated.

Exhibited

London, Gimpel Fils, Recent sculpture, drawings and engravings by Geoffrey Clarke; collages by Austin Cooper, January 1955, no. 17.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.