Barry Flanagan, R.A. (1941-2009), The Bowler

Barry Flanagan, R.A. (1941-2009)
The Bowler
stamped with monogram, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'fo/AA/LONDON/8/8' (on the base)
bronze with a black patina
119 ½ in. (303.8 cm.) high
Conceived in 1990 in an edition of 8, plus 3 artist's casts.
Cast in 1992 by A & A Sculpture Casting Foundry, London.

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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GLORIA LURIA
Gloria Luria is a pioneer in the visual arts. Starting in 1966 when she opened the Gloria Luria Gallery in Miami and for three decades thereafter, Gloria was the leading advocate of contemporary art in South Florida. She was first listed in “Who’s Who in American Art” 1973.
Born in 1925 and raised in New York City, Gloria graduated from Skidmore College in 1947 as a Fine Arts major. She continued post-graduate work at Brooklyn’s prestigious Pratt Institute and studied at the Art Students League of New York. She began her career as an interior designer on New York City’s fashionable 57th Street.
Gloria married Leonard Luria in 1949. In 1960, the family, which now included three children, moved to Miami. Gloria brought her love for contemporary art with her to South Florida and this passion inspired her to open the first Gloria Luria Gallery in Miami in 1966. Gloria’s inaugural exhibition included paintings from her own collection. She introduced works by celebrated artists George Segal, Pat Steir, David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist and Larry Rivers to Miami’s fledgling art scene.
In addition to the above-named artists, Gloria Luria represented some of the most important names in the art world; artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Frank Stella, Joan Mitchell, Arakawa, Tom Wesselmann, Christo, Karel Appel, Sol Lewitt, Ray Parker, Claes Oldenburg, Willem de Kooning and Barry Flanagan were among her “stable” of artists.
Gloria Luria was a founding member and president of the Art Dealers Association of South Florida in the 70’s. Gloria was instrumental in first bringing “Art Miami” to the Miami Beach Convention Center, which in turn paved the way for Art Basel.
Miami Today (July 1983) published a profile of Gloria in which the front page headline declared her “First to bring blue-chip artists to Miami.” A work from her collection, by artist Pat Steir, was selected by the Whitney Museum for inclusion in its 1983 Biennial Show.
As a contemporary art enthusiast and collector for over 50 years, Gloria Luria has made it a priority to share her passion for art by donating numerous pieces to museums in both South Florida and New York including the Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) and the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art where Gloria is a “Fellow for Life.”
Over her lifetime, Gloria and her late husband, Leonard, supported not just the visual arts, but the performing arts, as well. Her list of recipients includes Tanglewood and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Jacob’s Pillow, Barrington Stage, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts and the New World Symphony.
Gloria and Leonard’s home was featured in the May 1984 edition of Architectural Digest. The article, entitled “Orchestrating for Fine Art,” celebrates both her home and art collection. Of the house, Gloria said, “I love...watching the light change and play across the rooms. The ceilings soar dramatically, and mentally I soar with them. Best of all, the paintings let me dream.”
To express the community’s gratitude for enriching Greater Miami’s cultural status through superlative art by Order of Proclamation, Metropolitan Dade County Mayor Steven P. Clark named February 7, 1986 “Gloria Luria Day.” As recent as February 2019, Gloria was honored by the Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) for being a “bold trailblazer who exhibited women artists long before it was in vogue.”
At 93 years of age, Gloria’s passion for and involvement in the art scene continues to this day.