Diana Wounded 1905

Bertram Mackennal (1863-1931)

Diana Wounded 1905

bronze with marble base
43.0 x 18.0 x 14.0 cm (including base)

signed and dated to base: 1905/Mackennal

stamped with foundry mark: E. Gruet Foundry, Paris

Provenance:

Christie's, Sydney, 17 August 1998, lot 1079 Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:

Royal Academy, London, 1906, cat.1648 (another example) Royal Academy, London, 1918, cat.733 (another example) Exhibition of Bronzes by Sir Bertram Mackennal K.C.V.O., RA, 7 - 20 October 1926, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, cat.11 (another example) Bertram Mackennal: The Fifth Balnaves Sculpture Project, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 August - 4 November 2007 

Reference:

'Royal Academy Exhibition: Australian Pictures', Register, Adelaide, 20 June 1906, p.6 'A Son of Hellas: Mackennal's Bronzes', The Sun, Sydney, 5 October 1926, p.8 'Mackennal's Art', Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 6 October 1926, p.14 'Fine Bronzes at Sir Bertram Mackennal's Exhibition', Sunday Times, Sydney, 10 October 1926, p.2 (illus. another example) 'Sir Bertram Mackennal's Art', The Australasian, Melbourne, 16 October 1926, p.44 'Bertram Mackennal', Brisbane Courier, Brisbane, 13 October 1931, p.10 Edwards, D., Bertram Mackennal: The Fifth Balnaves Sculpture Project, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, pp. 66- 68, 116-118, p. 66. (illus.)

Related Works:

Diana Wounded 1907, plaster cast for marble version Diana Wounded 1907- 08, life-size marble version, Tate Gallery collection, London, purchased by the Chantrey Bequest, 1908

Estimate: $30000 - 40000

Result Hammer: $28000