Frank Dobson

A gift from the artist to the actress Irlin Hall, and thence by descent to the present owner

London, Grafton Galleries, The National Society, 10th May - 6th June 1930, cat. no.11 (bronze);
Bristol, Museum and Art Gallery, Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by Frank Dobson, 28th March - 11th April, cat. no.12 (bronze);
London, Arts Council Gallery, Frank Dobson: Memorial Exhibition, 22nd June - 23rd July, cat. no.42 (bronze);
London, Gillian Jason Gallery, Frank Dobson: Drawings, Watercolour, Landscapes and Small Sculpture, 31st May - 29th June 1984, cat. no.40 (bronze).

Neville Jason and Lisa Thompson - Pharoah, The Sculpture of Frank Dobson, Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, London, 1994, cat. no.96 (bronze version).

There is some minor surface dirt and some minor wear to the bottom edge of the sculpture otherwise in good overall condition. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 5381 if you have any queries.
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Conceived in 1930, the present work was also cast as a unique bronze.