Arts and Crafts - 19th June 2019
Lot 341
‡ Mary Spencer Watson (1913-2006) Thought
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1500
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Description
‡ Mary Spencer Watson (1913-2006)
Thought, 1928
a cire perdue bronze cast by John Galizia at the Central School of Arts & Crafts circa 1934-35 after the original sculpted in plasticine by Mary Spencer Watson in 1928,
unsigned,
21cm. high
Literature
Annette Ratuszniak Mary Spencer Watson Sculpture 11th September-4th December 2004 Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum, page 76 catalogue number 1. This bust was, by repute, the first piece modelled by Mary Spencer Watson at the age of fourteen.
Exhibited
Mansard Gallery (heal's) 1937
Sculpture in Britain Between the Wars, Fine Art Society 1986, curated by Peyton Skipwith, page 145, catalogue no.103.
Provenance
Fine Art Society.
Private collection.
Woolley and Wallis Auctioneers would like to thank Peyton Skipwith and Annette Ratuszniak for their help in cataloguing this lot.