Symbol for Man VII

Details

GEOFFREY CLARKE, R.A. (1924-2014)
Symbol for Man VII
signed with initials and dated 'GC/'51⁄4' (on the underside of the base)
welded iron on aluminium base, unique
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1953.

Provenance

with Whitford Fine Art, London, where purchased by the present owner in September 2004.

Literature

J. LeGrove, Geoffrey Clarke Sculptor: Catalogue Raisonné, London, 2017, p. 39, no. S76, illustrated.

Exhibited

London, Park Lane House, Football and the Fine Arts, October - November 1953, no. 141, exhibited as part of Footballers.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Football: An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture organised by the Football Association, 1953-54, no. 134, exhibited as part of Footballers.
London, Redfern Gallery, Geoffrey Clarke: Recent Sculptures, March - April 1965, no. 42.
London, Taranman Gallery, Geoffrey Clarke: Early Engraved Work and Iron Sculpture, June - July 1976, no. 37.
London, Fine Art Society, The Twentieth Century, September - October 2006, no. 32.
London, Pangolin, Conjunction: Lynn Chadwick & Geoffrey Clarke, October - November 2015, pp. 23, 46-47, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.

Further details

We are very grateful to Dr Judith LeGrove for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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Lot Essay

Symbol for Man VII was originally part of Footballers, 1953 (J. LeGrove, no. S66), a three-figure sculpture which Clarke conceived for the 'Football and the Fine Arts' competition of 1953. This competition was launched by the Football Association to celebrate their 90th anniversary, and was sponsored by the recently formed Arts Council of Great Britain.

In 1965 Clarke first exhibited the three figures separately as 'Symbols for Man', the title which they have been known by ever since.

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