Lot Essay
A Labour of Love, also entitled Mother and Child, was conceived circa 1891-1892.
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'A Labour of Love', A Bronze Relief
Details
William Couper (1853-1942)
'A Labour of Love', A Bronze Relief
inscribed 'Wm Couper' lower left
19 x 12in. (48.2 x 31.8cm.), mounted on a wood panel, medium brown patina
'A Labour of Love', A Bronze Relief
inscribed 'Wm Couper' lower left
19 x 12in. (48.2 x 31.8cm.), mounted on a wood panel, medium brown patina
Literature
G.E. Couper, An American Sculptor on the Grand Tour: The Life and Works of William Couper (1853-1942), Los Angeles, California, 1988, p. 36, pl. 70 (illus. of another example)
Exhibited
Los Angeles, California, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts Inc., Evidence of Love, Nov.-Dec. 1997, no. 32