Thomas Hardy

Details

Eric Kennington, R.A. (1888-1960)
Thomas Hardy
bronze with a brown patina
12 ¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in the 1931, and cast in an edition of 6.

Provenance

with Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport.

Literature

J. Black, The Sculpture of Eric Kennington, Much Hadham, 2002, p. 94, under no. 36.

Exhibited

London, Picture Hire Gallery, Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures by Eric Kennington, April - May 1936, no. 73, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Manchester, Rusholme, Platt Hall, June - July 1936; and Oxford, Arts Club, October - November 1936.
Manchester, Platt Hall, Eric Kennington: Pictures and Sculptures, June - July, 1936, no. 14, another cast exhibited.

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Lot Essay

The present work is a full-size bronze head for the Thomas Hardy Memorial, which Kennington designed in 1929-31, situated in Dorchester. Built to commemorate Hardy’s life and works, three years after his death, Sir James Matthew Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, unveiled the Grade II listed statue in September 1931.

We are very grateful to Dr Jonathan Black for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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