Frank Dobson R.A. (1888-1963) Kneeling torso 46 cm. (18 in.) high
Frank Dobson R.A. (1888-1963)
Kneeling Torso
signed 'Dobson' and numbered '3/5' (on the base)
bronze with a brown patina
46 cm. (18 in.) high
Conceived in 1928
Sold for £19,200 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    with Wolseley Fine Arts, London, where purchased by the present owner

    Exhibited:
    London, Leicester Galleries, May - June 1930, no.6 (another cast as Torso)
    Bristol, Art Gallery, Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by Frank Dobson, 28 March - 11 April 1940, no.4 (another cast)
    Arts Council of Great Britain, Frank Dobson: Memorial, 22 June - 23 July 1966, no.37 (another cast)
    Cambridge, Kettle's Yard, True and Pure Sculpture, 1981, no.47 (another cast)

    Literature:
    Neville Jason and Lisa Thompson-Pharoah, The Sculpture of Frank Dobson, The Henry Moore Foundation, 1994, cat.no.82, (another cast illustrated b&w p.136)

Category: Fine Art / Modern British and Irish Art


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