A RARE SYMBOLIST FIGURE OF A MERMAID, 1905

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WALTER WINANS 1852-1920
A RARE SYMBOLIST FIGURE OF A MERMAID, 1905
silvered, gilt and patinated bronze, ivory, marble base
27 ½ in. (70 cm.) high
inscribed Walter Winans 1905, impressed seal Cristal (sic) Palace Exhibition 1893 Awarded to Walter Winans

Literature

Exhib. cat., 1909, p. 59, No. 1704.

Exhibited

The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The One Hundred and Forty-First, London, 3 May - 2 August 1909.

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Lot Essay

Walter Winans was best known as a lover of horses, who sculpted and painted them. He was a marksman, breeder and competed in the Olympics of 1908 and 1912. Born to American parents in St Petersburg, he spent most of his adult life in England. This is a more unusual work by him, employing mixed media as well as subject matter that aligns him with the Symbolist interests of the time.

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