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A CARVED MARBLE FIGURAL GROUP: A MOTHER'S KISSHenry Weekes (British, 1807-1877) image 1
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A CARVED MARBLE FIGURAL GROUP: A MOTHER'S KISS
Henry Weekes (British, 1807-1877)

European Fine Living
16 November 2021, 10:00 PST
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A CARVED MARBLE FIGURAL GROUP: A MOTHER'S KISS

Henry Weekes (British, 1807-1877)
Signed H. WEEKES. R.A. to marble, on a yellow marble pedestal.
height of sculpture 38in (96.5cm); overall height 68 1/4in (173cm)

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Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 19th & 20th Century Sculpture, 21 November 1995, Lot 11.

The son of a banker's clerk, Weekes was raised in Canterbury and was quickly recognized for his artistic inclinations, and he was sent to hone his skills at the Royal Academy. At the studio of Sir Francis Chantrey, Weekes was designated lead modeler and became a personal favorite of the English sculptor. Chantrey went so far as to request Weekes complete his unfinished works after his death and bequeathed him £1,000 to start his own studio. His popularity grew – notably through grand achievements such as sculpting a bust for the newly throned Queen Victoria and exhibiting at the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1851.

This particular sculpture demonstrates the mingling of classicism and realism favored in the Victorian era. The tenderness between the mother and her newborn is universal – inviting the viewer into a moment of familial intimacy almost obscured by her bent head into the child's nape. Weekes, however, does not lose any technique in this work; the mother's contrapposto stance and heavy drapery holds onto classical values highly regarded at the time making the work a melancholic vignette of maternal love.

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