Cats Playing
Sculptor:
Skeaping, John
Founder:
Livingstone, Wally
Bronze. The larger of the two cats has pounced onto the smaller one which is lying on its back; on oblong base. Signed on the top of the base near the cats' tails.
History note: Artist's proof
Given by Mr Paul Mellon, KBE
Height: 9.6 cm
Length: 22.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1982) by Mellon, Paul
1970s
20th Century, third quarter#
Elizabeth II
Production date:
AD 1977
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).
Sculpture
Depth 11 cm
Height 9.8 cm
Width 21.6 cm
Plinth
Depth 13.1 cm
Height 2.4 cm
Width 24.1 cm
Casting (process) : Bronze, cast and patinated
Accession number: M.45-1982
Primary reference Number: 13440
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_45_1982
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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