Whistler's Brush

Details

Barry Flanagan (1941-2009)
Whistler's Brush
incised with the artist's monogram, numbered and dated ' AP 89' (on the base)
bronze
14 1/8 x 7 7/8 x 5 1/8in. (36 x 20 x 13cm.)
Executed in 1989, this work is an artist's proof from an edition of eight plus four artist's proofs

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1990.

Literature

Exhibited

Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Barry Flanagan: Sculpture 1965-2005, 2006, p. 229 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 166).
Dublin, Solomon Gallery, Sculpture for Small Gardens, 2007 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 12-13).
London, Waddington Galleries, Barry Flanagan: Sculptures 2001-2008, 2008, p. 71, no. 17 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 48-49).
New York, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Barry Flanagan The Hare is Metaphor, 2018 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, p. 77).

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.