Title
Sappho
(circa 1909)
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Pensive woman
A pensive woman - Date
- (circa 1909)
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- bronze figure
- Dimensions
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26.8 x 17.5 x 24.2 object; 32.0 x 24.2 x 17.5 cm object with marble base
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base, 5.2 x 24.2 x 17.5 cm, work is attached to marble base - information for display purposes
- Signature & date
Signed lower r. verso on bronze base, incised "MACKENNAL". Not dated.
- Credit
- Bequest of Mrs J.R. McGregor 1944
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 7431
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Bertram Mackennal
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 8 exhibitions
Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Exhibition (1921), McLellan Galleries, Scotland, 1921–1921
Exhibition of bronzes by Sir Bertram Mackennal K.C.V.O, Fine Arts Society Gallery, Melbourne, 16 May 1926–29 May 1926
Exhibition of bronzes by Sir Bertram Mackennal K.C.V.O, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 07 Oct 1926–20 Oct 1926
Memorial exhibition of statuettes by the Late Sir Bertram Mackennal, K.C.V.O, Fine Arts Society Gallery, Melbourne, May 1932–May 1932
Early Australian scupture: from its beginnings up to circa 1920, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, 15 Mar 1977
Australian sculpture 1890-1919, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Jan 1987–22 Feb 1987
Stampede of the Lower Gods: Classical Mythology in Australian Art 1890's-1930's, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Oct 1989–26 Nov 1989
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000
Bertram Mackennal, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Aug 2007–04 Nov 2007
Bertram Mackennal, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 30 Nov 2007–24 Feb 2008
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Bibliography
Referenced in 6 publications
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Deborah Edwards., Australian sculpture 1890-1919, 'Australian sculpture 1890-1919', Sydney, 1987. no catalogue numbers
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Deborah Edwards, Bertram Mackennal: the fifth Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Project, ‘Adaptability and versatility’: Bertram Mackennal – an overview’, pg. 15-82, Sydney, 2007, 68, 70, 71 (colour illus., detail).
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Deborah Edwards, Bertram Mackennal: Catalogue raisonné, Sydney, 2007, (colour illus.). Artworks: Sculpture: 1900s
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Deborah Edwards, Stampede of the Lower Gods: Classical Mythology in Australian Art, 'The Expatriates', pg. 3-8, Sydney, Sep 1989, 5, 63.
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Noel Hutchinson, Early Australian sculpture, from its beginnings up to circa 1920, 'The Indigenes', Ballarat, 1977, (illus.). cat.no. 25
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Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Exhibition (1921), Glasgow, 1921. cat.no. 1; bronze; priced £100.00
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