Silence (also known as Goddess) c1894

Bertram Mackennal (1863-1931)

Silence (also known as Goddess) c1894

bronze relief
34.0 x 27.5 x 2.5 cm

Provenance:

Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 1978

Private collection, Perth

Estate of the above

Exhibited:

Salon, Paris, 1894, no.3336 (another example)

Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1895, no.1635 (another example)

Spring Exhibition, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 25 September - 9 October 1978, cat.35 (illus. exhibition catalogue)

The New Sculpture in Australia, McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Victoria, 3 May - 5 June 1987, cat.6 (another example)

From the collection of the late John Bennison, Perth

Reference:

‘Australians and the Paris Salon,’ The Argus, 23 June 1894, p.11

The Sketch, 29 April 1896, p.25

Report for the Scottish Modern Arts Association for 1908, Edinburgh, 1909 (illus. another example)

Outlines of Australian Art: The Joseph Brown Collection, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 1989 (illus. pl.68, another example)

Edwards, D. et al, Bertram Mackennal: The Fifth Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Project, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, pp.40, 52, 54, 83, 84 (illus. p.82, another example)

Edwards, D. & Mimmocchi, D., Bertram Mackennal Catalogue Raisonné of Sculptures, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007 (illus. CD-ROM, another example)

Related Works:

Silence c1894, plaster relief, 34.0 x 28.0 x 2.5 cm, collection of the McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Victoria, purchased 1987

Estimate: $18000 - 24000

Result Hammer: $18000