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Click here to subscribe21st Century Contemporary: A Glass Grey Marble Effect Sculpture, formed as a swirl on a square plinth base, 44cm by 41cm; 20th/21st Century: A Freestanding Glass Sculpture, modelled as a sailing boat, the upper section of blue and frosted bubble glass, the base of composition form, the base 87cm by 42cm, the sail 100cm by 48cm; and A Composition Sculpture, of convex form, inset with two frosted glass prisms, 100cm by 27cm (3)
Barbara Worth (1925-2010), ten sculptures. This collection of the work of the late Barbara Worth has been consigned for sale by her executors following her death in January 2010. It comprises 10 pieces in various styles from different stages of her career, supported by her own notes of exhibitions, lists of sculpture, photographs, press cuttings, letters and other information about her career. She was born as Barbara Wigglesworth in London in 1925 and never married, adopting the professional name of Barbara Worth. After the War she worked as a Youth Leader until taking up a place at London University and obtained a Diploma in Social Studies 1948-1952. She went to Canada 1953 -57 travelling and working in TV and Radio as well as in the Probation Service in Vancouver. She travelled extensively around the world before returning to the UK in 1958. Then she pursued her artistic training at the City & Guilds School (1958-9, Sculpture and Modelling); Hammersmith College of Art (1959-62, Sculpture and Modelling); Chelsea School of Art (1960-62, Drawing), before returning to Canada in 1962. More courses followed at the University of British Columbia (1963-4 Bachelor of Education) and Seattle University (1964, Summer School in Bronze Casting). She was sculpting and exhibiting in Canada in this period, mainly in Vancouver. She returned to London in 1964 where she remained for the rest of her life, combining increasing success with her sculpture, exhibiting at some well know galleries alongside Moore and Epstein, and taking a wide variety of jobs to support her artistic career through the 1960s - 1980s. In later life she turned increasingly to painting in watercolour and pastels, drawing inspiration from her passion for music which was reflected in her earlier abstract sculptures, and busts and drawings of well known orchestral conductors. There are a number of lists typed by the artist of her work and places exhibited, with photographs taken at the time of some of them. There is also some copy correspondence about specific commissions. The pieces offered here are: Chinese Man, on a wood base, 35cm high overall (1963?). The Parting,on a wood base, 33.5cm high overall (exhibited 49th annual exhibition of Northwest artists, Seattle, 1963). Abstract bronze, on marble base, 22.5cm long overall (1960s?). Winged Victory, bronze, 25.5cm high, and a plaster copy 1960s? Eskimo Hunter, on a wood base, 35cm high overall (1967?). Head of Girl (1970s?). Plaque of Debbie (1972?). Bronze bust of an unidentified Norwegian man, on wood base, 37cm high overall (1970s). Bust of Rudolph Kempe, on wood base, 42.5cm high overall (1974). Barbara Worth exhibited only two works with the Society of Women Artists both in 1978, no. 543 Prof. Denis Gabor, bronze (£750) and no. 544, Aram Khatchaturian, bronze (£1000)
St Ives School - Possibly Dame Barbara Hepworth - A bronze sculpture based on Chinese calligraphy raised to a green marble base, unmarked, height 33 cm. Provenance - This piece was originally given to the previous owner by Dame Barbara Hepworth in 1968 while clearing out her studio. Authenticated by the Newlyn Museum of Art in March 2006, complete with current owners purchase paperwork and details, height 33 cm. ILLUSTRATED
Pietro Franchi (Italian, 19th century): A Carved White Carrara Marble Figure of a Young Woman, circa 1875, standing wearing a revealing dress, holding a water vessel in her left hand, stepping forward on an integral shaped oval plinth, signed P Franchi S, 77cm See illustration Pietro Franchi was probably a relative and contemporary of Carrara born but Rome based sculptor Giuseppe Franchi (b.1831). Giuseppe Franchi was descended from the Carrarese dynasty of sculptors that included Antonio, Francesco and Isidoro Francesco, and was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Foggini (1652-1725). Pietro Franchi specialised in marble copies of famous contemporary or indeed classical sculpture.
A patinated bronze model of a Bacchante, in the manner of Claude Michel, called Clodion, third quarter 19th century, portrayed nude, with flambeau torch held aloft, her weight on her right foot, the figure supported by a tree stump behind, on a waisted, circular variegated red and white marble socle, 53cm high. This model is more usually cast with a bunch of grapes in the raised left hand and a cup in the lowered right, after Clodion’s original conception, also being one part of an opposing pair. In this example the attributes of debauchery have been removed and replaced, possibly reflecting the more temperate nature of the later 19th century buying public. Examples with the original bacchic attributes are held in the Wallace Collection, numbered 215 and 216. See Wallace Collection Catalogues, Sculpture, 1931, pp 78-79 and p49
Giuseppe Lazzerini (Italian, 1831-1895) Hagar and Ishmael, a carved white marble sculpture, the mother kneeling beside her son to give him water upon his return from the desert, signed Pr. Ge Lazzerini Carrara, 87cm (34") highA similar larger group was sold at Sotheby`s 19th and 20th Century Sculpture sale, London, 22nd November 1994, lot 103/ see illustration
Ashmole-Architect/Sculptor...Classical Greece 1972 § Payne (Humfry) and Gerard Mackworth-Young. Archaic Marble Sculpture from the Acropolis second edition 1950 § Palagia (O.) and J.J.Pollitt. Personal Styles in Greek Sculpture Cambridge 1996 § Carter (J.C.) The Sculpture of the Sanctuary of Athena Polias at Priene 1983 § Ridgway (B.S.) The Severe Style in Greek Sculpture Princeton 1970;The Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture second edition original wrappers Chicago 1993 § Furtwängler (A.) Masterpieces of Greek Sculpture contemporary half morocco worn lacking spine 1895 plates and illustrations all but the last two original cloth the first three with dust-jackets the second rubbed & frayed; and c.70 others on Greek sculpture some pamphlets some German or Greek 4to & 8vo(c.75)
ALFRED DRURY (British, 1856-1944) A bronze bust of Elsie Doncaster, on a green marble square pedestal base, signed to the reverse, 18 1/2" high `The subject of this work is the daughter of the Doncasters who were friends with Drury. He used each of the daughters as the inspiration for one of his works. Clarrie was the model for the sculptures of Morning and Evening in the city square Leeds. Gracie was the model for the bust known as The Age of Innocence, but for this, his most charming work, he gave no allegorical title, just a simple portrait title.` (Robert Bowman, Sir Alfred Gilbert and the New Sculpture, London, 2008 P.22)
Venus, after John Gibson RA, Copeland, circa 1850-70, standing holding an apple in her left hand and holding her tunic mantle (with gilt and tinted borders), on a shaped oval stepped base, impressed Copeland, 42.5cm high A similar figure is illustrated in Copeland (Robert) Parian, Copeland`s Statuary Porcelain, page 188, illustration and entry S182. Gibson`s original sculpture of Venus was executed in marble and was known as Venus Verticordia, and was completed in 1833. The one reproduced by Copeland was introduced in 1849 and was included in the display at The Great Exhibition of 1851.
Sydney Harpley, RA, 1927-1992, A bronze of a standing female, mounted on a marble plinth base, signed and numbered 6/6 51 x 11 x 14cm (19.89 x 4.29 x 5.46in); together with Two accompanying letters from the artist discussing the sculpture, sold following an exhibition at the Royal Academy for
A Victorian sculpted white marble bust of a young girl, dated 1849, her head to dexter, her hair parted to the left side, one shoulder loosely draped, inscribed to the reverse BEHNES Sculpt 1849, on a waisted, circular socle, 53cm high. William Behnes was born in London though his early life was spent in Dublin where he studied art at the Dublin Academy. After the family returned to London, Behnes continued his artistic training, studying at the Royal Academy School of Art from 1813. As a painter, he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1815 and won several medals during the ensuing years. In 1819 he won a Society of Arts gold medal for inventing an instrument to assist sculpture work, having by this time begun to practice successfully as a sculptor. In 1837 Behnes was appointed ‘Sculptor in Ordinary’ to Queen Victoria. His pupils included noted sculptors George Frederic Watts, Thomas Woolner and Henry Weekes.
IVOR ROBERT JONES (1913-1996): A BRONZE PORTRAIT BUST of Augustus John, numbered 4/20, on a marble base, 10?" high. See illustrationProvenance: Private Collection, Bath. Ivor Robert Jones (1913-1996) is best known for the sculpture of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square installed in 1971. His career included teaching at Goldsmiths and exhibiting at the Royal Academy. This tender portrait study of Augustus John, produced in an edition of 20, is amongst his better known work.