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Alfred Drury, British (1856-1944): A bronze bust of 'Griselda'

Fine English Furniture
20 November 2013, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Alfred Drury, British (1856-1944): A bronze bust of 'Griselda'

Modelled full face, her bandeau tied waved coiffure arranged in a low chignon to the nape of her neck, on bracket support, signed within the cast A Drury on contemporary green marble square plinth base, 36cm high (14" high).

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Alfred Drury was one of the foremost celebrated 'New Sculptors' and studied under the famous French sculptor Aimé Jules Dalou, first in London and then later with Dalou, such was his influence in France, when he joined him as his assistant upon his return to Paris in 1879. Together with Harry Bates, George Frampton and Alfred Gilbert, Drury extended the boundaries of late 19th Century sculpture with his innovative style.

In the closing years of the 19th century Drury produced a series of female studies of 'ideal busts' entitled 'Griselda' and 'The Age of Innocence' and a larger version of the latter bust, measuring 52cm high was sold at Philips, 4th November 1997 (£2400 hammer). A smaller variation of the same bust modelled with integral shoulders on marble plinth base, measuring 24.8cm high, was sold at Christie's, Christopher Wood, A Very Victorian Eye, 28 February 2007, sale 7363, lot 175 (£2640 including premium) and an almost similar signed bust dated '96' was sold in these rooms, 15 July 2010, sale 17912, lot 90 (£3,828 including premium).

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