Flux (The runner)
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September 23, 11:11 AM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Leon Underwood
1890 - 1975
Flux (The Runner)
signed Leon U., dated 29. and numbered V/VII (on the back of the thigh)
bronze on a wooden base
height (including base): 55cm.; 21½in.
length: 55cm.; 21¾in.
Conceived in 19ꦕ24 and cast in 1929, the present work is number 5♐ from a mixed bronze and brass edition of 7.
We are grateful to&ꦫnbsp;Ben Whitworth for his kind assistance wi🥃th the cataloguing of the present work.
Acquired from the Artist’s widow by the father ♈of the presꦆent owner in the 1970s, and thence by family decent
Christopher Neve, Leon Underwood, Thames and Hudson, Lon༒don, 1974, pp. 145-7 and 200, no. 102, illustrated p. 146 (another cast)
Ben Whitworth, The Sculpture of Leon Underwood, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, London, 2000, pp. 31, 34, 39, 42, 65, 115, 123, no. 24, illustrated pl. 1, p. 65 (𝕴another cast)
London, Royal Institute Galleries, National Society of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers and Potters, Annual Exhibition, 8 - 29 June 1931, no. 351 (another cast)
London, Leicester Galleries, An Exhibition of Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings and Engravings by Leon Underwood, April 1934, no. 7 (another cast)
Glasgow, Palace of Arts, Empire Exhibition, 3 May - 29 October 1938, no. 311 (another cast)
London, Beaux Arts Gallery, Leon Underwood, 11 May - 24 June 1953, no. 1 (another cast)
New York, Acquavella Galleries, Sculpture by Leon Underwood, 16 October - 17 Novꦬember 1962, no. 31 (an🅠other cast)
London, Kaplan Gallery, Leon Underwood, 24 April– 18 May 1963, no. 45 (another cast)
Colchester, The Minories, Leon Underwood: A Retrospective Exhibition, 📖9 August - 10 September 1969, no. 2 (anotಞher cast)
London, Archer Gallery, Leon Underwood: Michael Aram and Georges Brunon, 30 October -💫 29 November 1969, no. 54 (another cast)
Leicester, Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Decade 1920-30, 21 Feᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚbruary - 15 March 1970, with Arts Council Tour, no🐓.128 (another cast)
Brighton, Kemp Town Gallery, Mexican Images 1928-1938: An Exhibition of Paintings and Colour Prints, 6 November - 11 December 1971 (another cast, not reproduced in the catalꦺogue)
London, Agnews, Bronzes and Wood-engravings by Leon Underwood, 16 October - 2 November 1973 (another cast, not reproduced i🔯n the catalogue)
London, Austin/Desmond, Pure Plastic Rhythm: Leon Underwood 1890-1975, 19 Januar🌟y - 7 February 1993, no. 40 (another cast)
London, Redfern Gallery, Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture by Leon Underwood, 16 March - 15 April 1999, no.6 (another cast)
London, Redfern Gallery, Modern British, European and Contemporary Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture, 13 January - 10 February 2000, no.𓄧55ඣ (another cast)
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