Bernard Meadows
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Bernard Meadows #4,710Blue-Chip

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personBritish, 1915–2005
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Selected Works62

Museum Acquisitions

10 Institutions
Met
SFMOMA
Tate
Tate
Tate
Tate
Tate
Tate
Tate
Tate
Tate
Tate
Tate
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Tate
Tate
Tate
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LACMA
LACMA
LACMA
Yale Center for British Art
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery

Previous Sales 25

Sotheby's
Maquette for Large Flat Bird
Maquette for Large Flat Bird, 1956
£10,000 ($17k USD)
Mar 2023
Sotheby's
Standing Armed Figure Version II
Standing Armed Figure Version II, 1962
$17,000
Dec 2021
Christie's
Two drawings for 'Head and shoulders of Augustus', framed together
Two drawings for 'Head and shoulders of Augustus', framed together
£1,125 ($1k USD)
Dec 2013
Christie's
Twelve Drawings for Sculpture 1951-56
Twelve Drawings for Sculpture 1951-56
£4,000 ($5k USD)
Jul 2011
Christie's
Running Bird
Running Bird
£5,736 ($8k USD)
Jun 2003
Lyon & Turnbull
DRAWING FOR SCULPTURE (COCK), 1956
DRAWING FOR SCULPTURE (COCK), 1956
£800 ($1k USD)
May 2026
Bonhams
Maquette for Fallen Bird
Maquette for Fallen Bird, 1958
$3,086
Jul 2025
Bonhams
Frightened Bird
Frightened Bird, 1958
$18,907
Jul 2025
Bonhams
Armed Bust I
Armed Bust I, 1961
$9,453
Jul 2025
Bonhams
Figure with Child
Figure with Child, 1967
$6,875
Jul 2025
Bonhams
Fallen Bird
Fallen Bird
$4,125
Jul 2025
Bonhams
Untitled Drawing III
Untitled Drawing III, 1965
$1,375
Jul 2025
Bonhams
Pointing Figure
Pointing Figure, 1967
Bought In
Jul 2025
Christie's
Black Crab
Black Crab, 1951
$98,213
Oct 2024
Bonhams
Two Cock Reliefs
Two Cock Reliefs, 1953
$1,993
Jul 2024
Bonhams
Four Large Reliefs
Four Large Reliefs, 1958
Bought In
Jul 2024
Bonhams
Standing Figure
Standing Figure, 1950
$14,654
Jun 2024
Bonhams
Frightened Bird
Frightened Bird, 1958
$7,689
Nov 2023
Phillips
Seated Armed Figure
Seated Armed Figure, 1962
$2,738
Jun 2023
Phillips
Two works: (i) Drawing for Sculpture (Fat Seated Figure); (ii) Drawing for Sculpture (Armed Bust Version 2)
Two works: (i) Drawing for Sculpture (Fat Seated Figure); (ii) Drawing for Sculpture (Armed Bust Version 2), 1962
$161
Jun 2023
Christie's
Standing Mother and Child
Standing Mother and Child, 1952
$41,087
May 2022
Christie's
Seated Figure (Cross-legged)
Seated Figure (Cross-legged), 1962
$28,445
May 2022
Sotheby's
Maquette for Large Standing Armed Figure
Maquette for Large Standing Armed Figure, 1962
Bought In
Nov 2021
Sotheby's
Crab
Crab, 1985
$26,365
Jun 2021
Freeman's | Hindman · Artsy
Four Small Reliefs on Cock Theme
Four Small Reliefs on Cock Theme, 1952
Bidding closed
Four set bronze plaques with dark bronze patina

For Sale 4

Willoughby Gerrish · Artsy
Cock
Cock, 1958
Price on request
Bronze
Rosenberg & Co. · Artsy
Two Fallen Birds
Two Fallen Birds, 1960
US$6,000
Graphite and watercolor on paper laid to card
Willoughby Gerrish · Artsy
Drawings for Sculpture: Crab theme II
Drawings for Sculpture: Crab theme II, 1974
£2,300
Pencil and watercolour
Jenna Burlingham Gallery · 1stDibs
Frightened Bird by Bernard Meadows, 1954
Frightened Bird by Bernard Meadows, 1954
$1,851
lithograph
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Market239 auction results

trending_upSculpture/objects Range
$161 – $98.2K
18 of 21 sculpture/objects lots with prices
calculateSculpture/objects Average
$16.9K
Object-type specific
show_chartSculpture/objects Median
$12.1K
18 priced sculpture/objects lots
calendar_todayLast Sculpture/objects Sale
May 2026 · $1.1K
Latest tracked sale in this object type
categoryMarket by Object Type
Sculpture/objects: $12.1K medianWorks on paper: $1.4K median
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BonhamsSotheby'sChristie'sPhillipsLyon & Turnbull
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death
Bernard Meadows dies
Jan 1, 2005
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birth
Bernard Meadows born
Jan 1, 1915
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