William Turnbull (1922-2012)

Playground (Game)

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William Turnbull (1922-2012)
Playground (Game)
signed with monogram, numbered and dated '4/4 49' (on the edge)
bronze with a black patina
26 ¾ in. (68 cm.) wide
Cast in an edition of 4 + 1.

The artist.
with Waddington Custot Galleries, London.

T. Crosby, Uppercase 4, London, another cast illustrated.
L. Alloway, 'Sculpture as Walls and Playgrounds', Architectural Design 27, January 1957, p. 26, illustrated.
M. Harrison, 'William Turnbull: In Space', Transition: The London Art Scene in the Fifties, London, 2002, pp. 111-112.
Exhibition catalogue, William Turnbull, London, Waddington Galleries, London, 2004, pp.[6–7], illustrated.
A.A. Davidson, The Sculpture of William Turnbull, Much Hadham, 2005, p. 82, no. 16, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, William Turnbull at Chatsworth, Derbyshire, Chatsworth House Trust, 2013, pp. 24-25, fig. 9, illustrated.

London, Tate Gallery, William Turnbull Sculpture and Painting, August - October 1973, no. 6.
Leeds, Henry Moore Institute, Play/Ground: William Turnbull and the Horizontal Relief, November 2004 – February 2005.
Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, William Turnbull: Retrospective 1946–2003, May - October 2005, AC exhibited.
London, Waddington Galleries, William Turnbull: Beyond Time, June - July 2010, no. 5, 2/4 exhibited.

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Another cast of this sculpture is in the collection of Leeds Museums and Galleries, Leeds.

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