Work Horse
Sculptor:
Skeaping, John
Founder:
Livingstone, Wally
Bronze. The horse is depicted moving forward as if pulling a heavy load. Its head is lowered, left foreleg raised and left hind leg extended; on sloping rectangular base with rough surface. Signed on the top of the base by the left hind leg.
History note: Artist's proof
Given by Mr Paul Mellon, KBE
Height: 28.3 cm
Length: 51.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1982) by Mellon, Paul
20th Century, third quarter#
1970s
Elizabeth II
Production date:
AD 1978
John Rattenbury Skeaping, R.A. (1901-1980) was an English sculptor and equine painter. A leading figure in the move to ‘direct carving’, using the process of carving to suggest the final form, he was closely associated with Henry Moore, Richard Bedford and Barbara Hepworth (to whom he was married from 1925-1933).
Casting (process) : Bronze, cast and patinated
Accession number: M.44-1982
Primary reference Number: 13437
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_44_1982
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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