Lot 636:
Sold for £4,800 hammer
Estimate £5,000-£7,000
George Fullard, ARA (1923-1974) - 'Storm, 1957', bronze, cast posthumously as an edition of three, height 49.5cm.
This bronze typical of Fullard's objet trouve assemblages. Pieces of wood, bottle caps, even model toys were embedded into the plaster to create the desired form. In the early 1950s Fullard explored the traditional theme of 'Mother and Child' both in drawing and bronze.
Provenance :
Corley Fullard, artist's sister, given to Geoff and Jean Dudley (friend and fellow RCA students), then given to present vendor, a sculptor.
Exhibited: Woodstock Gallery, London 1958, Serpentine Gallery, 1974, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1984, George Fullard exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 1997.
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