William Turnbull

Horse

Bronze, from the edition of 6

78.1 x 95.3 x 62.2 cms (30.69 x 37.45 ins)

1950

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Provenance:
The artist

Exhibited:
New Aspects of British Sculpture, British Pavilion, XXVI Venice Biennale, 1952, (cat. 150). (presumably the date of the casting)
The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aesthetics of Plenty, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1 February - 1 April 1990; touring to IVAM Centro Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, 16 May - 16 September; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 4 November - 13 January 1991; University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, 6 February - 21 April; Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 8 June - 18 August, (cat. 74)
Henry Moore and the Geometry of Fear, James Hyman Gallery, 19 November 2002 - 18 January 2003, (cat. 29)

Literature:
William Turnbull: Sculpture and Painting, Richard Morphet, The Tate Gallery, London, 1973, (fig. 7), illustrated in black and white p.27.Sculpture in the Twentieth Century, Sandy Nairne and Nicholas Serota (ed.), Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1981, (installation photograph of the British Pavilion at the 1952 Venice Biennale, p. 144).
The Independent Group: Post-war Britain and the Aesthetics of Plenty, 1990, (cat. 74), illustrated in black and white p.118.Moore and the Geometry of Fear, James Hyman Gallery, London, 2002, (cat. 29), detail p.44 and illustrated p.47.