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Lot 152
§ JOHN DUNCAN FERGUSSON R.B.A. (SCOTTISH 1874-1961) STANDING FEMALE NUDE BronzeDimensions:22cm x 8cm x 7cm (8.675in x 3.125in x 2 75in)Provenance:Provenance: Acquired from the artist’s wife, Margaret Morris, via the Fine Art Society, London, by the present owner in 1974Exhibited: Fine Art Society, London, J. D. Fergusson (1874-1961), 10 September – 4 October 1974, no. 100 (incorrectly catalogued as 'The Patient Woman', 1920)Literature: Alice Strang et al, J. D. Fergusson, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh 2013, another cast reproduced in colour pl.35Note: Fergusson is the only one of the four artists known as the Scottish Colourists – along with F. C. B. Cadell, G. L. Hunter and S. J. Peploe – to have worked in three dimensions. Indeed, he made sculpture over some 50 years, with his first created in Paris in 1908 and the last thought to date from about 1955. As Alice Strang has explained: ‘Experiments in terracotta in 1909 and clay in 1913, led to direct carving in stone outdoors during World War One. Carving wood and plaster, which he sometimes cast and coloured, followed. Works were cast in brass and bronze as funds permitted.’ (Alice Strang et al, J. D. Fergusson, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh 2013, p. 21). The importance of this aspect of Fergusson’s oeuvre is clear in the inclusion of sculptures in many of his exhibitions between 1912 and 1948.Standing Female Nude comes from Fergusson’s most productive period of sculpture-making, the years approximately 1918 to 1922, when he was based in London. It dates from circa 1920 and was cast at a later date. Sheila McGregor has linked this period with a parallel development in Margaret Morris Movement, the system of choreography devised by his wife (Sheila McGregor, A Colourist Abroad: The Art and Life of J. D Fergusson, unpublished manuscript, completed 2000, p.8). Morris and her pupils, whether sitting as models or in motion during lessons, rehearsals and performances, provided a rich source of inspiration for Fergusson.This work is a powerful depiction of female physicality. It embodies key themes in Fergusson’s sculptural practice: the cropped female form, an interest in non-Western sculpture and a sleek modernism, based on curves and planes with particular attention paid to the breasts, bottom and the base of the spine. It pays testament to the sculptors with whose work Fergusson would have been familiar in pre-war Paris, such as Constantin Brancusi, Alexander Archipenko and Jacob Epstein. Similar concerns were explored in Fergusson’s best-known sculpture, Eástre (Hymn to the Sun) of 1924.The most significant holding of Fergusson’s sculpture is held at The Fergusson Gallery, Perth, which is the centre of excellence for his and Morris’s work. Other important examples are held in public collections including those of the Tate, Hunterian Art Gallery, Government Art Collection and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
Lot 6515
Eric Walter Powell (British 1886-1933): 'On the Little St Bernard Pass' and Fjord Landscape, pair watercolours signed and dated 1922 and 1930 each 30cm x 42cm (2) Notes: Schoolmaster, artist and rower who won bronze for Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics. During the First World War, he served as Squadron Commander in the Royal Flying Corps and the R.A.F., and later became a house master and art teacher at Eton. Powell was also a keen mountaineer, and tragically met his death at Pontresina in an Alpine accident on Piz Roseg.
Lot 2503
Empire-Pendule "BALTZAR A Paris". Feuervergoldete bzw. dunkelbraun patinierte Bronze. Architektonisches Gehäuse mit plastischem Aufsatz in Form eines Mädchens mit ihrem Hund, an einem Baumstumpf sitzend, nach der Antike. Schwarz gemalter Ziffernkranz mit römischen Ziffern (berieben), sign. "BALTZAR A PARIS". Verglaster Staubdeckel. Pendelwerk (Funktion nicht geprüft) mit Fadenaufhängung und Schlagwerk auf Glocke. Frankreich, um 1820-1830. 49x 34x 14 cm.
Lot 2508
Empire-Pendule in Lyraform. Feuervergoldete Bronze mit feiner Ziselierung. Sockelrelief mit Darstellung nach der Antike. Weiße Email-Zifferplättchen mit schwarzen, arabischen Ziffern. Pendelwerk mit Fadenaufhängung und Schlagwerk auf Glocke. Zuschreibung an Choiselat & Gallien, Paris, um 1815. Verschraubung an Lyrakopf mit kl. Rissen. 47x 20x 13 cm. Lit.: Ottomeyer/Pröschel, "Vergoldete Bronzen", Nr. 5.15.21 S. 379 mit Abb. (l. abweichendes Dekor). Eine Modellzeichnung ist unter den Blättern des Albums, vgl. 5.5.18. Im Royal Pavilion in Brighton steht ein weiteres Ex.
Lot 2516
Pendule, Charles X. Feuervergoldete Bronze. Sockel (Verschraubung lose) mit Früchten und Voluten im Relief. Figürlicher Aufsatz mit Voltaire. Weißes Emailzifferblatt (Kratzer) mit schwarzen, römischen Ziffern. Pendelwerk mit Schlagwerk auf Glocke (ohne Pendel, Faden gerissen, daher Funktion nicht geprüft). Gebrauchsspuren. Frankreich, um 1840. 38x 29x 12 cm. Prov.: Aus dem Nachlass von Prof. Dr. Jan Kelch, Direktor der Gemäldegalerie Berlin, 1996-2004.
Lot 2520
Belle Époque-Tischuhr. Feuervergoldete Bronze in Rocaillenform. Dreiteiliger "Stellschirm" mit Email-Plaketten, diese mit "Watteau"-Malerei. Mittig, eingelassenes Emailzifferblatt (besch., locker) mit schwarzen, römischen Ziffern und gemalten Blüten. Federaufzug (Funktion nicht geprüft). Frankreich, Ende 19. Jh. 16x 20x 3 cm.
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