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Leaping Salmon
Details
GERTRUDE HERMES, R.A. (1901-1983)
Leaping Salmon
wood on an alabaster base, unique
41 ¼ in. (105 cm.) high, including base
Carved in 1949-1951.
Leaping Salmon
wood on an alabaster base, unique
41 ¼ in. (105 cm.) high, including base
Carved in 1949-1951.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 27 March 1991, lot 215.
Literature
J. Hill, The Sculpture of Gertrude Hermes, Farnham, 2011, pp. 85, 116-117, 129, fig. 54, pl. 9.
Exhibited
London, New Burlington Galleries, London Group: contemporary painting, drawing & sculpture, February – March 1951, catalogue not traced.
Folkestone, New Metropole Art Centre, Gertrude Hermes ARA, July 1964, catalogue not traced.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Gertrude Hermes: Bronzes and Carvings, Drawings, Wood engravings, Wood and Lino Block Cuts, 1924 – 1967, October – November 1967, catalogue not traced.
London, Royal Academy, Gertrude Hermes RA, September – October 1981, catalogue not traced.
Folkestone, New Metropole Art Centre, Gertrude Hermes ARA, July 1964, catalogue not traced.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Gertrude Hermes: Bronzes and Carvings, Drawings, Wood engravings, Wood and Lino Block Cuts, 1924 – 1967, October – November 1967, catalogue not traced.
London, Royal Academy, Gertrude Hermes RA, September – October 1981, catalogue not traced.
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