Lot Essay
This work is a study for the unique Ham Hill stone Torso, carved in 1928.
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Seated Torso (Study for Ham Hill Torso 2)
Details
Frank Dobson, R.A. (1886-1963)
Seated Torso (Study for Ham Hill Torso 2)
stamped '2/5 Dobson/ESTATE' (at the base)
bronze with a brown patina
8 ½ in. high, excluding the base
Conceived in 1928.
Seated Torso (Study for Ham Hill Torso 2)
stamped '2/5 Dobson/ESTATE' (at the base)
bronze with a brown patina
8 ½ in. high, excluding the base
Conceived in 1928.
Provenance
with Jason & Rhodes, London, where purchased by the present owner in October 1995.
Literature
N. Jason and L. Thompson-Pharoah, The Sculpture of Frank Dobson, Much Hadham and London, 1994, p. 136, no. 79, another cast illustrated.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.