Stephen Tomlin (1901-1937)

Portrait of Lytton Strachey

Details

Stephen Tomlin (1901-1937)
Portrait of Lytton Strachey
stamped and numbered 'Morris Singer Founders London 5/8' (on the base)
bronze with a light brown patina
18in. (46cm.) high
Conceived circa 1929-30 and cast in 1973 from the original plaster by the Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London.

Literature

R.F. Harrod, The Life of John Maynard Keynes, London, 1951, p.191.

Lot Essay

This portrait bust was commissioned by the sitter in 1928 and the first cast of the original edition of three was produced in 1929 or 1930 (Tate Gallery, London).
(see M. Chamot, D. Farr & M. Butlin, Tate Gallery Catalogues, The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, II, London, 1964, p.726, no.4616.

Giles Lytton Strachey (1880-1932), critic and biographer, is best known for his books Eminent Victorians; Queen Victoria; and Elizabeth and Essex.

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