Live Auction 19784Modern British Art Day Sale
BARRY FLANAGAN, R.A. (1941-2009)
Lot 190 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE CLODAGH WADDINGTON

BARRY FLANAGAN, R.A. (1941-2009)

Hare on Globe Form

Closed2 March 2021

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GBP 181,250

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BARRY FLANAGAN, R.A. (1941-2009)
Hare on Globe Form
signed with monogram (on the reverse of the globe form), signed with monogram again, numbered and stamped with foundry mark '3/12' (on the base)
bronze with a black and green patina
14 ¼ in. (36.2 cm.) high
Conceived and cast in 1993 by AB Fine Art Foundry, London.

with Waddington Galleries, London.
Private collection, London.
A gift from Leslie Waddington to Clodagh Waddington.

Specialist note

‘Nothing is more free, vital, spontaneous and alive - from Aesop’s hare outrun by the tortoise to Bugs Bunny - than a capering hare. In France and most of Central Europe, it is the hare that lays eggs at Easter and so promises renewal. In fact, Flanagan’s hares do not carry much of this historic symbolic freight; they simply frolic freely and expressively. They don’t symbolise life, they live it’ (Paul Levy, quoted in exhibition catalogue, Barry Flanagan: Linear Sculptures in Bronze and Stone Carvings, London, Waddington Galleries, 2004).

We are very grateful to the Barry Flanagan estate for their assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.