Clement Meadmore is internationally recognised as a sculptor of artworks of dynamic elegance with a focus on form. Following early studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, he designed modernist furniture, made by Leif Wessman, from whose collection this piece derives.

In the early 1960s, Meadmore constructed the Duolith series, with Duolith 3 in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria.

Meadmore relocated to New York in 1963 where he lived for the rest of his life and career. His sculptures, usually in metal – steel or bronze – with the natural changes in patina over time, are full of tension and relief and often explore twisting movement. They may be small maquettes or monumental scaled public works. There is play between weight and effortlessness, as seen in this work with its solid strong slab shapes balanced on a small ‘foot’, and an interrogation of geometry with the push/pull between the vertical and horizontal. Despite the initial impression of straight boxy shapes with clean angles, the reality is much softer, for example the graded slope of the horizontal aspect and the obvious hand of the artist.

Meadmore is represented in all major institutions in Australia, as well as significant international collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; Cleveland Museum of Art; Detriot Institute of Art; Adachi Outdoor Sculpture Collection, Japan; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space amongst many others.