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Glyn Philpot, R.A. British 1884-1937
Description
- Glyn Philpot, R.A.
- TORSO
bronze with greenish patina on an 8 ½ inch marble base
- height 14in. (35.6cm)
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
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.