Lot 176
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Glyn Philpot, R.A. British 1884-1937

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Description

  • Glyn Philpot, R.A.
  • TORSO
  • bronze with greenish patina on an 8 ½ inch marble base

  • height 14in. (35.6cm)
numbered 2/8 near the base.

Provenance

Gabrielle Cross (the artist's niece), New York

Acquired from the above, 1986

Exhibited

London, The Fine Arts Society, 1913 (Another cast);

London, Grosvenor Galleries, Paintings and Sculpture by Glyn Philpot R.A., 1923. no. 47 (another cast);

London, Tate Gallery, Paintings, Drawings and Scuplture by Glyn W. Philpot, 1944, no.108 (another cast);

London, Leicester Galleries, Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture by Glyn W. Philpot, R.A., 1944, no.108 (another cast);

London, Leighton House, and toured by the Fine Arts Exhibition Bureau, Drawings Paintings and Sculpture by Glynn warren Philpot R.A. 1884-1937, 1959, n.71 (another cast);

London, The Fine Art Society, British Sculpture 1850-1914, 1986, no. 123 (another cast);

London, National Portrait Gallery, Glyn Philpot, 1884-1937, Edwardian Aesthete to Thirties Modernist, 1984, no. 116 (another cast, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue).

Literature

A.C. Sewter (intro.) Glyn Philpot, 1884-1937, Batsford, London and New York, 1951.

Catalogue Note

Torso was conceived circa 1912. This edition was cast by the Art Bronze Foundry, London, and commissioned by the family of the artist.