Object Description
Ralph Brown (1928-2013)
Walking the Line
Bronze from an edition of 10
Signed with monogram and Pangolin foundry stamp
1994
69cm high (excluding the base)
G. Whiteley (ed.), Social, Savage, Sensual: The Sculpture of Ralph Brown, Sansom and Company, Bristol, pp. 126, 127 and 164, illustrated
Walking the Line is an excercise in form and elegance, the sinuous figure captured in mid motion.
Ralph Brown was born in Yorkshire in 1928, he first exhibited in London in 1953 and came to prominence amongst a group of British sculptors who included Paolozzi, Armitage and Turnbull. An early champion of his work was Henry Moore who purchased a sculpture titled ‘Mother and Child’.
Brown’s work developed from the brutal expression of the human form in the 1950’s to his later sensuous smooth surfaced works, a common feature throughout his work being the slightly unsettling depiction of models depicted sometimes with minimal facial features leading to a tension and edgy undercurrent.
His work has been shown widely and is in numerous public and private collections in the UK and abroard.