Head of a Saint 1892

Bertram Mackennal (1863-1931)

Head of a Saint 1892

bronze relief
52.5 x 39.5 x 10.5 cm

signed and inscribed lower left: B/E MacKen/Paris dated lower right: 1892 stamped with foundry mark: E. Gruet/ JEUNE/ Fondeur/ Paris

Provenance:

Private collection Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 10 August 1998, lot 82 Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:

Marble version shown in the Salon National des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1892, cat. 2839

Reference:

Exposition des Beaux-Arts, Catalogue illustre de Painture et Sculpture, Salon de 1892, Paris, 1892, cat. 2839, 'Tête de Sainte', - relief marbre, (illus. p. 279) Jope-Slade, R., An Australian Quartette, The Magazine of Art, London, August, 1895, p. 389 Sturgeon, G., The Development of Australian Sculpture 1788 - 1975, Thames and Hudson, London, 1978, p. 63 Edwards, D., Bertram Mackennal: The Fifth Balnaves Sculpture Project, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, p. 27. (illus. as La Téte d’une Sainte) Hutchinson, N., Betram Mackennal, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, vol. 10, p. 301

Estimate: $90000 - 120000

Result Hammer: $90000