Bernard Meadows Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Bernard Meadows Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 27, 2024
Bernard Meadows, Fish Relief, 1955
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Bernard Meadows, British 1915-2005 - Fish Relief, 1955; bronze, 39.5 x 57.5 cm (ARR) Provenance: with Gimpel Fils, London, GF16391 Exhibited: British Pavilion, Venice, 32nd Venice Biennale, 1964 (label attached to the reverse of the frame) Note: the present work is one of a number of reliefs the artist made in the 1950s, evoking the appearance of fossilised and paleolithic forms. As an assistant to Henry Moore in the 1940s, Meadows turned to animal forms in his sculpture to avoid being compared to his teacher, and other reliefs evoke his popular subjects of birds and crabs. A series of these reliefs 'Four Small Reliefs on Cock Theme, 1952' is now in the collection of Birkenhead Art Gallery. These works were made following Meadows inclusion in the Venice Biennale in 1952, alongside Geoffrey Clarke, Lynn Chadwick and Kenneth Armitage.
Roseberys
Nov. 21, 2024
Bernard Meadows, Frightened Bird, 1962
Est: £250 - £350
Bernard Meadows, British b.1915- Frightened Bird, 1962; monochrome lithograph on cream wove, signed in pencil and inscribed 'A/P', sheet: 41 x 30.5 cm, (framed) (ARR) Provenance: Art Hester, Cambridge, 2004.
Roseberys
Nov. 01, 2024
§ BERNARD MEADOWS (BRITISH 1915-2005)
Est: £700 - £900
BERNARD MEADOWS (BRITISH 1915-2005) MOLLOY, c.1947-50 stamped M (lower left), portfolio with wood box and containers, plastic molded sculptural multiples & associated metal hanging elements box: 38cm x 39.3cm x 17cm (15in x 15 ½in x 6 5/8in) Estate of the Artist;with Gimpel Fils, London. Exhibited:Gimpel Fils, London, Bernard Meadows, 9 June - 26 August 2016.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 31, 2024
§ BERNARD MEADOWS (BRITISH 1915-2005)
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
BERNARD MEADOWS (BRITISH 1915-2005) HEAD OF FALLEN BIRD, 1959 (OPUS 47, BM 69) inscribed with Artist's monogram, edition 1/6, bronze the bronze: 86.5cm high (34in high) excluding base; overall: 155cm high (61 ¼in high) The Artist (ex 5407);Mrs Campbell Salmon, London, August 1968;Gimpel Fils, London. Exhibited:Gimpel Fils, London, Heads, 15 January - 15 Februrary 1991;Gimpel Fils, London, Bernard Meadows, 9 June - 26 August 2016;Gimpel Fils, London, Spring Group Exhibition, 4 May - 10 June 2017;Gimpel Fils, London, Group Show, 1 July - 5 August 2017. Literature:Bowness, Alan, Bernard Meadows: Sculpture & Drawings, Lund Humphries, London, 1995, p. 90, pl. 72, illustrated (b&w;).
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 17, 2024
BERNARD MEADOWS, R.A. (1915-2005). Black Crab. bronze with a black patina 1
Est: £50,000 - £80,000
BERNARD MEADOWS, R.A. (1915-2005). Black Crab. bronze with a black patina 16 ¼ in. (41.2 cm.) high.
Christie's
Sep. 11, 2024
Bernard Meadows, Fish Relief, opus 19, 1955;
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Bernard Meadows, British 1915-2005 - Fish Relief, opus 19, 1955; bronze, from an edition of 6 plus 1 A/C, signed with monogram lower right and with indistinct foundry stamp lower left, 39.5 x 57.5 cm (ARR) Provenance: with Gimpel Fils, London (label attached to the reverse of the frame); Miss D. D. Campbell Salmon, purchased c.1967 (according to the inscribed label attached to the reverse of the frame) Literature: Alan Bowness, 'Bernard Meadows: Sculpture and Drawings', The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, London, 1995, p.138, illus. p.139 BM35 Note: the present work is one of a number of reliefs the artist made in the 1950s, evoking the appearance of fossilised and paleolithic forms. As an assistant to Henry Moore in the 1940s, Meadows turned to animal forms in his sculpture to avoid being compared to his teacher, and other reliefs evoke his popular subjects of birds and crabs. A series of these reliefs 'Four Small Reliefs on Cock Theme, 1952' is now in the collection of Birkenhead Art Gallery. These works were made following Meadows inclusion in the Venice Biennale in 1952, alongside Geoffrey Clarke, Lynn Chadwick and Kenneth Armitage.
Roseberys
Jul. 17, 2024
Bernard Meadows (British, 1915-2005) Two Cock Reliefs each 23.5 x 17.5cm (9 1/4 x 6 7/8in). (Conceived in 1953From an edition of 6)
Est: £1,200 - £1,800
Bernard Meadows (British, 1915-2005) Two Cock Reliefs stamped with monogram (to left panel, lower left) bronze with a brown patina each 23.5 x 17.5cm (9 1/4 x 6 7/8in). Conceived in 1953 From an edition of 6
Bonhams
Jul. 17, 2024
Bernard Meadows (British, 1915-2005) Four Large Reliefs 40 x 29.5cm (15 3/4 x 11 5/8in); 39.5 x 33cm (15 9/16 x 13in); 39 x 34cm (15 3/8 x 13 3/8in); 39.5 x 29.5cm (15 9/16 x 11 5/8in) (Conceived in 1958From an edition of 6(4))
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
Bernard Meadows (British, 1915-2005) Four Large Reliefs each panel stamped with monogram (lower left) bronze with a brown patina 40 x 29.5cm (15 3/4 x 11 5/8in); 39.5 x 33cm (15 9/16 x 13in); 39 x 34cm (15 3/8 x 13 3/8in); 39.5 x 29.5cm (15 9/16 x 11 5/8in) Conceived in 1958 From an edition of 6 (4)
Bonhams
Jun. 25, 2024
Â§ BERNARD MEADOWS (BRITISH, 1915-2005)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Â§ BERNARD MEADOWS (BRITISH, 1915-2005) BERNARD MEADOWS (BRITISH, 1915-2005) Four Small Reliefs on Cock Theme four bronze reliefs in a bronze surround with green patina 47.5 cm. (18 7/8 in.) wide unique Provenance The artist Contemporary Art Society With Birkenhead Art Gallery, Wirral With Redfern Gallery, London, where purchased by the previous owner Literature Alan Bowness, Bernard Meadows, Sculpture and Drawings, Lund Humphries, London, cat.no.BM20 (ill.b&w.)
Chiswick Auctions
Jun. 19, 2024
Bernard Meadows (British, 1915-2005) Armed Bust I 49 cm. (19 1/4 in.) high (including the slate base) (Conceived in 1961, from the edition of 6 plus 1 Artist's Proof)
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
Bernard Meadows (British, 1915-2005) Armed Bust I bronze with a dark brown patina on a bronze and slate base 49 cm. (19 1/4 in.) high (including the slate base) Conceived in 1961, from the edition of 6 plus 1 Artist's Proof
Bonhams
Jun. 19, 2024
Bernard Meadows (British, 1915-2005) Standing Figure 22.4 cm. (8 3/4 in.) high (excluding the wooden base) (Conceived in 1950, in an edition of 6)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Bernard Meadows (British, 1915-2005) Standing Figure bronze with a black/brown patina 22.4 cm. (8 3/4 in.) high (excluding the wooden base) Conceived in 1950, in an edition of 6
Bonhams
Apr. 26, 2024
§ BERNARD MEADOWS (BRITISH 1915-2005)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
BERNARD MEADOWS (BRITISH 1915-2005) TWO DIRECTOR RELIEFS, 1963 (OPUS 73) bronze, from the edition of 6 62cm x 36cm x 12cm (24 ¼in x 14 1/8in x 4 ¾in), 72cm x 35cm x 17cm (28 ¼in x 13 ¾in x 6 ¾in) respectively Gimpel Fils, London. Exhibited: Gimpel Fils, London, Bernard Meadows, 9 June - 26 August 2016. Literature: Bowness, Alan, Bernard Meadows: Sculpture & Drawings, Lund Humphries, London, 1995, BM 93, p.79, pl.61, illustrated (another cast)
Lyon & Turnbull
Feb. 28, 2024
Bernard Meadows (British, 1915-2005) - Four Small Reliefs on Cock Theme
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Bernard Meadows (British, 1915-2005) - Four Small Reliefs on Cock Theme Four set bronze plaques with dark bronze patina Overall: 8 ½ x 22 ½ in. (21.6 x 57.2cm) Each (approx.): 4 ½ x 3 ½ in. (11.4 x 8.9cm) Executed in 1952. Provenance Gimpel Fils Gallery, London. Acquired directly from the above in October 1960. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Vogel, New York. Christie’s, n.d., lot 8 (per sticker verso). (Presumably) acquired directly from the above sale. The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Literature Bowness, Alan, Bernard Meadows: Sculpture and Drawings, Lund Humphries, London, 1995, p. 140, no. 49 (another cast illustrated).
Freeman's | Hindman
Nov. 22, 2023
Bernard Meadows (British, 1915-2005) Frightened Bird 15.2 cm. (9 7/8 in.) high (including base) (Conceived in 1958 in an edition of 6)
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
Bernard Meadows (British, 1915-2005) Frightened Bird signed with monogram (on the top of the base) bronze with a black patina 15.2 cm. (9 7/8 in.) high (including base) Conceived in 1958 in an edition of 6
Bonhams
Oct. 27, 2023
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Pointing Figure, 1967, Opus 91
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Pointing Figure, 1967, Opus 91 3/3, verdigris bronze (53.5cm high, 90cm wide (21in high, 35 1/2in wide)) Provenance Gimpel Fils, London. Exhibited Syon Park, Summer 1970, cat. no. 14; Royal Academy of Arts, London, British Sculptors, January - March 1972; Chalk Farm Library, London, 1975 - 2016 (long-term loan); Gimpel Fils, London, Collector's Choice, 16 January - 4 March 2017; Gimpel Fils, London, Modern British Sculpture, 3 October - 31 October 2017. Literature Bowness, Alan, Bernard Meadows: Sculpture and Drawings, London: The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, 1995, p.98, pl. 82, BM107, polished bronze example illustrated.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 27, 2023
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Relief for Little Augustus, 1962
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Relief for Little Augustus, 1962 bronze (36cm x 22cm (14 1/8in x 8 5/8in)) Provenance Chappel Galleries, Chappel, 2001; Private Collection, London. Exhibited Chappel Galleries, Chappel, Bernard Meadows Drawings and Sculpture, 31 March - 21 April 2001.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 27, 2023
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Fish Relief, 1955, Opus 19
Est: £1,000 - £2,000
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Fish Relief, 1955, Opus 19 from the edition of 6 and 1 A/C (6 bronze, 1 brass and 1 plaster), plaster (39.5cm x 57.5cm (15 1/2in x 22 5/8in)) Provenance The Artist (ex. 3684); Muller Collection; Gimpel Fils, London. Exhibited Gimpel Fils, London, Bernard Meadows, 9 June - 26 August 2016. Literature Bowness, Alan, Bernard Meadows: Sculpture and Drawings, London: The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries,1995, p.138, BM35 for the bronze example.
Lyon & Turnbull
Apr. 28, 2023
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Drawing For Cock Theme Sculpture, 1954
Est: £500 - £700
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Drawing For Cock Theme Sculpture, 1954 signed and dated in pencil (lower left), pencil on paper (27cm x 21cm (10 5/8in x 8 1/4 in)) Provenance Gimpel Fils, London. Exhibited The British Council, at Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, Drawings by Sculptors, 1959, cat. 24 (framed as part of a group of four); Gimpel Fils, London, Bernard Meadows, 9 June - 26 August 2016; Redfern Gallery, London, Spring Exhibition, 2019.
Lyon & Turnbull
Dec. 08, 2022
Bernard Meadows, Watercolor, Seated Nude
Est: $250 - $350
(British, 1915-2005) 1947, watercolor and pencil on paper, signed and dated u.l.c. Overall: 24-1/2"h x 16-1/2"w Sight: 15-3/8"h x 8-1/4"w Provenance: Property from the Estates of David and Laura Finn, Westchester County, NY
Nye & Company
Oct. 28, 2022
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Relief: Watchers, 1966
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Relief: Watchers, 1966 edition of 6, brass (40cm x 28.5cm (15 3/4in x 11 1/4in)) Literature: Bowness, Alan, Bernard Meadows: Sculpture and Drawings, Lund Humphries, London, 1995, p. 144, no.99 (plaster illustrated). In the 1960s, Meadows did not continue to plough the ‘Geometry of Fear’ furrow, much as perhaps his gallery and the market would have liked. Instead, like his contemporary Kenneth Armitage, he looked to find a new sculptural vocabulary that spoke to the nascent optimism of the 1960s. An element of joy returns. Sculptures such as Relief: Watchers and Pointing Figure are classic Meadows of this period. Although superficially abstract, their strong anthropomorphism is clear, the rounded forms being heads (with eyes), although slippery enough to also connote bellies or even an entire body reduced to a singular form. This shifting nature of what the forms could be is enhanced by the smooth surfaces. In contrast to his 1950s sculpture, there are no jagged edges to arrest the eye, to turn you back on yourself. Instead, Meadows’ sculpture flows with you and the space surrounding it. And in this way his work returns to the conceptual world occupied by his former employer and mentor, Henry Moore.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 28, 2022
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Pointing Figure, 1967
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Pointing Figure, 1967 unique, verdigris and polished bronze (20.2cm high, 57.5cm wide (8in high, 22 5/8in wide) excluding plinth) Provenance: Gimpel Fils, London, 1995; Private Collection, London. Exhibited: Gimpel Fils, London, Bernard Meadows Retrospective, 1995. Literature: Bowness, Alan, Bernard Meadows: Sculpture and Drawings, Lund Humphries, London, 1995, p.88, no.112, pl.70. In the 1960s, Meadows did not continue to plough the ‘Geometry of Fear’ furrow, much as perhaps his gallery and the market would have liked. Instead, like his contemporary Kenneth Armitage, he looked to find a new sculptural vocabulary that spoke to the nascent optimism of the 1960s. An element of joy returns. Sculptures such as Relief: Watchers and Pointing Figure are classic Meadows of this period. Although superficially abstract, their strong anthropomorphism is clear, the rounded forms being heads (with eyes), although slippery enough to also connote bellies or even an entire body reduced to a singular form. This shifting nature of what the forms could be is enhanced by the smooth surfaces. In contrast to his 1950s sculpture, there are no jagged edges to arrest the eye, to turn you back on yourself. Instead, Meadows’ sculpture flows with you and the space surrounding it. And in this way his work returns to the conceptual world occupied by his former employer and mentor, Henry Moore.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 28, 2022
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Four Reliefs on a Cock (Large), conceived 1958
Est: £6,000 - £9,000
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Four Reliefs on a Cock (Large), conceived 1958 from an edition of 6, each panel stamped with monogram, patinated bronze (39.4cm x 28.9cm (15 1/2in x 11 3/4in); 39.4cm x 33cm (15 1/2in x 13in); 39.4cm x 33.7cm (15 1/2in x 13 1/4in) and 40cm x 29.2cm (15in x 11 1/2in), all mounted and framed on one board) Provenance: Gimpel Fils, London. Literature: Bowness, Alan, Bernard Meadows: Sculpture and Drawings, Lund Humphries, London, 1995, p. 140, no.49 (another cast illustrated). Exhibited: Gimpel Fils, London, Recent Sculpture by Bernard Meadows, April 1959, no. 45; Ottawa, British Council Tour, National Gallery of Canada, Recent British Sculpture: Robert Adams, Kenneth Armitage, Reg Butler, Lynn Chadwick, Hubert Dalwood, Barbara Hepworth, Bernard Meadows, Henry Moore, Eduardo Paolozzi, April - June 1961, no. 48: this exhibition toured to Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, August - September 1961; Winnipeg, Winnipeg Art Gallery, September - October 1961; Saskatchewan, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina College, November 1961; Toronto, Art Gallery of Toronto, January - February 1962; Ontario, Public Library and Art Museum, February - March 1962; Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, March - April 1962; Auckland, Auckland Institute and Museum, July 1962; Wellington, Dominion Museum, August - September 1962; Dunedin, Otago Museum, October 1962; Christchurch, Canterbury Museum, November - December 1962; Perth, Western Australia Art Gallery, January - February 1963; Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, July - August 1963; Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, September - October 1963; Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery, November - December 1963; New South Wales, Newcastle War Memorial Cultural Centre, January 1964; Canberra, Albert Hall, February 1964; Tokyo, Bridgestone Art Gallery; and other Japanese venues, including Kyoto, Museum of Modern Art, July - August 1964; and Hong Kong, City Hall Art Gallery, August - September 1964. Bernard Meadows, like so many of his contemporaries, such as Geoffrey Clarke (lot 159) and Eduardo Paolozzi (lots 257-265) found success and acclaim through his inclusion in Herbert Read’s selection for the 1952 British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. It was in the catalogue for this show that Read coined the term ‘The Geometry of Fear’, an attempt to capture a particular quality of these young artists’ work, in counterpoint to the subtle curves of Henry Moore, whose work also featured in Venice. For Read, the spiky and etiolated forms of these new welded and forged sculptures spoke to the existential crisis of the post-war period, as humanity tried to reimagine itself, burdened by the knowledge of Auschwitz and Hiroshima. Read’s catalogue text was certainly inspired by Meadows’ iconic crab sculptures: ‘These new images belong to the iconography of despair, or of defiance; and the more innocent the artist, the more effectively he transmits the collective guilt. Here are images of flight, or ragged claws “scuttling across the floors of silent seas”, of excoriated flesh, frustrated sex, the geometry of fear.’ In the 50s, crabs and birds were certainly the mainstay of Meadows’ iconography. In a statement written for Bryan Robertson, who curated his second solo exhibition at Gimpel Fils in 1959 [then one of the most cutting-edge places to show in London], Meadows observes: ‘I look upon birds and crabs as human substitutes, they are vehicles expressing my feeling about human beings. To use non-human forms is…less inhibiting: one is less conscious of what has gone before and is more free to take liberties with the form.’ And as the artist also wrote elsewhere: ‘birds can express a whole range of tragic emotion, they have a vulnerability which makes it easy to use them as a vehicle for people’.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 27, 2022
§ Bernard Meadows (1915-2005)
Est: £200 - £300
§ Bernard Meadows (1915-2005) Study for Sculpture signed and dated 'Meadows '78' (lower left); numbered 0/20 lithograph 34.5 x 30.5cm; together with The Watchers etching, unframed 24 x 35cm (2)
Cheffins
Oct. 04, 2022
Bernard Meadows (1915-2005)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Bernard Meadows (1915-2005) ▴ Bernard Meadows (1915-2005) 'Relief (Opus 77)', 1952 bronze, cast 1966, from an edition of 6 mounted on metal and painted wood, overall 53cm wide, 63.5cm high, 13cm deep Provenance: With Gimpel Fils Ltd., London, 1968; the residual contents of Bixley Manor by instruction of the executors of Sir Timothy Colman KG. Condition Report: Some dirt and dust on bronze, would benefit from light cleaning. A few light abrasians to metal mount and some chips to paint work on woodedn board. A red mark on white paint of board. See detailed images.
Sworders
Sep. 08, 2022
Bernard Meadows, Watercolor, Seated Nude
Est: $500 - $800
(British, 1915-2005) 1947, watercolor and pencil on paper, signed and dated u.l.c. Overall: 24-1/2"h x 16-1/2"w Sight: 15-3/8"h x 8-1/4"w Provenance: Property from the Estates of David and Laura Finn, Westchester County, NY
Nye & Company
Sep. 08, 2022
Bernard Meadows, Maquette for Large Crab Relief
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(British, 1915-2005) silvered bronze, edition number unknown, unsigned 3-1/2"h x 6-1/4"w x 1-1/2"d Provenance: Gifted from the artist in 1991; Property from the Estates of David and Laura Finn, Westchester County, NY
Nye & Company
Sep. 08, 2022
Bernard Meadows, Bronze, "Erotic Object"
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(British, 1915-2005) signed and numbered 1/3 on underside 4-1/4"h x 7"w x 6"d Provenance: Gift from the artist, 1983; Property from the Estates of David and Laura Finn, Westchester County, NY
Nye & Company
Jul. 30, 2022
BERNARD MEADOWS (1915-2005) British (AR), Drawings for Sculpture; The Watchers a
Est: £50 - £80
BERNARD MEADOWS (1915-2005) British (AR), Drawings for Sculpture; The Watchers and The Lovers, pencil and wash, both signed with monogram and dated '79, old gallery labels to reverse, housed in a common frame, glazed. 48 x 62 cm overall.
Rowley Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers
May. 25, 2022
Bernard Meadows, British 1915-2005
Est: £400 - £600
Bernard Meadows, British 1915-2005 The Watchers, 1979; gelatin silver print with hand-colouring, signed and dated in pencil on the reverse, 26 x 33 cm (ARR) Note: this work is based on the earlier etching with aquatint of the same title dating from 1976 Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
May. 25, 2022
BERNARD MEADOWS, R.A. (1915-2005) Seated Figure (Cross-legged) bronze with
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
BERNARD MEADOWS, R.A. (1915-2005) Seated Figure (Cross-legged) bronze with a black patina, on an alabaster and slate base 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm.) high, including base
Christie's
May. 25, 2022
BERNARD MEADOWS, R.A. (1915-2005) Standing Mother and Child bronze with a b
Est: £15,000 - £25,000
BERNARD MEADOWS, R.A. (1915-2005) Standing Mother and Child bronze with a black patina, on a stone base 15 in. (38.1 cm.) high, excluding base
Christie's
Apr. 29, 2022
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Drawing for Sculpture, 1955
Est: £600 - £800
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Drawing for Sculpture, 1955 signed and dated in pencil (lower left), pencil on paper (the sheet 20.7cm x 17.5cm (8.1in x 6.9in)) Provenance: Gimpel Fils, London
Lyon & Turnbull
Dec. 14, 2021
Bernard Meadows British, 1915-2005 Three Variations, 1974-75
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Bernard Meadows British, 1915-2005 Three Variations, 1974-75 Each initialed, two dated 74 and one dated 75 (ur) Watercolor and ink on paper laid down on card From top: 4 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (10.8 x 19.6 cm); 6 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches (15.9 x 27.3 cm) and 4 3/8 x 8 5/8 inches (11.1 x 21.9 cm) Provenance: Sale, Sotheby Arcade, New York, Feb. 20, 1985, lot 207 Exhibited: London, Taranman Ltd., Nov. 1975, no. 7 C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Dec. 07, 2021
Bernard Meadows (1915-2005), Fallen Bird, bronze, H 8.5cm. L 23cm. D 16cm.
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
§ Bernard Meadows (1915-2005) Fallen Bird bronze monogrammed
Gorringes
Sep. 28, 2021
Bernard Meadows (1915-2005), Fallen Bird, bronze, H 8.5cm. L 23cm. D 16cm.
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
§ Bernard Meadows (1915-2005) Fallen Bird bronze monogrammed
Gorringes
Jun. 10, 2021
BERNARD MEADOWS Molloy.
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
BERNARD MEADOWS Molloy. Portfolio with wood box and containers, plastic molded sculptural multiples and associated metal hanging elements, plastic molded sculptural lid, 30 (of 35) color aquatints with etching and 30 (of 35) text booklets, 1966. 380x395x170 mm; 15x15 1/2x6 3/4 inches, overall (all of the elements and booklets loose, as issued). Edition of 106. Signed and inscribed "No. 6" in ink, on the justification label, underside of the box lid. Printed by Robbe, Paris; the plastic molded sculptural multiples fabricated by Bioplastique, Chilly-Mazarin; the box produced by Adine, Paris. Published by Éditions Claude Givaudan, Geneva. Meadows (1915-2005) was a prominent British modernist sculptor and one of eight British artists represented in the "New Aspects of British Sculpture" exhibited in 1952 at the XXVIth Venice Biennale (which also who included Robert Adams, Kenneth Armitage and Lynn Chadwick). He was Henry Moore's (1898-1986) first studio assistant before becoming a Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art, London, for twenty years, then returning to assist Moore in 1977 as the elder artist's health began to fail. Following Moore's death, Meadows became an acting director of the Henry Moore Foundation. In the mid-1960s Meadows took on a commission from the publisher Givaudan to illustrate Samuel Beckett's novel Molloy, the first of three novels--the Beckett Trilogy--initially written in Paris between 1947 and 1950. In his own words, Meadows chose Molloy, because he thought it was, "A completely impossible book to illustrate . . . I tried . . . I looked upon it as being a series of etchings parallel to what Beckett's attitude might have been, but it was a bit far fetched." The complete boxed portfolio, a true multiple in every sense, echoes Marcel Duchamp's (1887-1968) Boîte-en-valise, created between 1935 and 1940 in a deluxe edition of 20, a portable miniature monograph including 69 reproductions of the artist's own work. Reflecting on the project, and his collaboration with the publisher Givaudan, Meadows noted that he made a series of 35 color aquatints with etching as the covers for each of the booklets that were intended to hang, "On a certain Meccano-like contraption which Givaudan had thought up. It was all a bit silly, and I think Beckett thought it was silly too! . . . The box which contained the `Meccano' set, and copies of . . . the whole book, Molloy, was cut into 35 pieces; Givaudan cut it into pieces, so he seemed to think that they were the natural breaks, but I didn't see that and I don't think that Beckett saw it either . . . . I looked upon it as being a series of etchings parallel to what Beckett's attitude might have been, but it was a bit far fetched."
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 27, 2021
Bernard Meadows (1915-2005) "Armed Bust I"
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Bronze with dark brown patina. Conceived in 1961 in an edition of six plus one artist's proof. Literature A. Bowness, Bernard Meadows: Sculpture and Drawings, London, 1995, p. 141, no. BM 72 (another cast illustrated p. 62, pl. 43). Other casts from this edition are in the collections of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., and the Art Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
Cottone Auctions
Feb. 23, 2021
Bernard Meadows, British 1915-2005- The Watchers, 1979; Gelatin silver print with hand-colourin
Est: £500 - £800
Bernard Meadows, British 1915-2005- The Watchers, 1979; Gelatin silver print with hand-colouring, signed and dated in pencil on the reverse, 26x33cm, (ARR) Note: this work is based on the earlier etching with aquatint of the same title dating from 1976 Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Nov. 04, 2020
Bernard Meadows, British 1915-2005 - Four Cockerels;
Est: £500 - £700
Bernard Meadows, British 1915-2005- Four Cockerels; patinated plaster relief panel, signed with incised monogram, 27x22cm (ARR) Provenance: Lot 112 Bloomsbury 12 September 2012. Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Oct. 23, 2020
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Cockerel, circa 1955
Est: £300 - £500
§ Bernard Meadows (British 1915-2005) Cockerel, circa 1955 signed and dated '1968' in pencil (in the margin), lithograph (36cm x 27cm (14.1in x 10.6in))
Lyon & Turnbull
Sep. 29, 2020
Bernard Meadows, R.A. (1915-2005) - Large Seated Armed Figure
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
Bernard Meadows, R.A. (1915-2005) Large Seated Armed Figure bronze with a black patina 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high
Christie's
Jul. 19, 2020
Bernard Meadows (British, 1915-2005), "Two Sculptural Studies of Armed Figures",
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Bernard Meadows (British, 1915-2005) "Two Sculptural Studies of Armed Figures" gouache, ink wash and graphite on paper each monogrammed and dated at bottom left and right, respectively; frame backing with British Council exhibition labels, and "Gimpel Fils Gallery, London". Each matted, glazed and framed. each sight 7-3/4" x 10-1/4", framed 27-1/4" x 21-1/4" Provenance: Collection of Mrs. Bernard Meadows, London, U.K.; Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, U.K.; Private collection. Exhibited: "Sculpture Exhibition for Commonwealth Countries", London, 1961/1963. "British Pavilion", Venice Biennale, Venice 1964, (Likely) Gimpel Fils Gallery, London.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Mar. 06, 2020
† Bernard Meadows (1915-2005), Nude, watercolour a
Est: £120 - £180
† Bernard Meadows (1915-2005), Nude, watercolour and mixed media on paper, 1939, signed, 21.5cm x 13.5cm, framed
Kinghams Auctioneers
Feb. 11, 2020
Bernard Meadows, British 1915-2005- Maquette for Large Crab Relief [BM124]
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
Bernard Meadows, British 1915-2005- Maquette for Large Crab Relief [BM124]; polished bronze, inscribed with artist's mark and numbered 2/6, 8.3x16.5x3.7cm (ARR) Provenance: Bonham’s London, 18 March 2009, lot 51 Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Jan. 22, 2020
BERNARD MEADOWS (1915-2005) - Large Seated Armed Figure
Est: £25,000 - £35,000
BERNARD MEADOWS (1915-2005) Large Seated Armed Figure bronze with a black patina 29 1/2 in. (75 cm.) high Conceived in 1963. PROVENANCE: Wilfred Cass, from whom purchased by the present owner in 1989. EXHIBITED: Venice, British Pavilion, 'Roger Hilton, Gwyther Irwin, Joe Tilson, Bernard Meadows’, Biennale XXXII, 1964, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited, as ‘Seated Figure (Opus 75)’. LITERATURE: Exhibition catalogue, ‘Roger Hilton, Gwyther Irwin, Joe Tilson, Bernard Meadows’, Biennale XXXII, Venice, British Pavilion, 1964, n.p., another cast illustrated, as ‘Seated Figure (Opus 75)’. A. Bowness, Bernard Meadows: Sculpture and Drawings, Much Hadham, 1995, pp. 71, 142, no. BM95, pl. 52, plaster version illustrated.
Christie's
Nov. 23, 2019
Bernard Meadows, Armed Bust I, 1961
Est: €8,000 - €16,000
Armed Bust I. Bronze, patinated, black stone base. H. 49 cm. From an edition of 6 pieces plus artist's proof.
Kunst und Design Auktionshaus Schops Turowski
Nov. 21, 2019
Bernard Meadows, R.A. (1915-2005) - Relief on Cock Theme
Est: £5,000 - £8,000
Bernard Meadows, R.A. (1915-2005) Relief on Cock Theme bronze with a brown and green patina 12 1/8 x 8 ¼ in. (30.6 x 21 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 21, 2019
Bernard Meadows, R.A. (1915-2005) - Maquette for 'Jesus' Crab (Small Spider Crab)
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
Bernard Meadows, R.A. (1915-2005) Maquette for 'Jesus' Crab (Small Spider Crab) bronze with a dark brown patina 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Christie's