Hubert Dalwood (1924-1976)
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Hubert Dalwood (1924-1976)

Shield Screen

Details
Hubert Dalwood (1924-1976)
Shield Screen
aluminium, unique
94 ½ in. (240 cm.) wide
Conceived and cast circa 1959-60.
Provenance
Ionian Bank, London.
Their sale; Christie's, London, 8 March 1991, lot 248, where purchased by Dr Jeffrey Sherwin.
Literature
Connoisseur Magazine, Vol. 155, London, April 1964, p. 213, illustrated.
C. Stephens, The Sculpture of Hubert Dalwood, Much Hadham, 1999, pp. 77, 121, no. 123, illustrated.
S. Levy and T. Pirsig-Marshall (ed.), exhibition catalogue, British Surrealism in Context: A Collectors Eye, Leeds, City Art Gallery, 2009, pp. 73, 140, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery, Hubert Dalwood Sculptures and Reliefs, January – March 1979, no. 24; this exhibition travelled to Edinburgh, Fruit Market Gallery, April - May 1979; Leeds, University Art Gallery, May - June 1979; Rochdale, Art Gallery, June - July 1979; and Gwent, Newport Museum and Art Gallery, August - September 1979.
Leeds, City Art Gallery, British Surrealism in Context: A Collectors Eye, July – November 2009, exhibition not numbered.
Special notice
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Lot Essay


The present lot was commissioned by the architect Tom Hancock for the dining room at the Ionian Bank Ltd, 64-66 Coleman Street in the City of London in 1959. The decoration of the swivelling shields was believed to have been inspired by the bank's Greek associations.

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