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Frank Dobson
(1886-1963) Portrait head of Mary Jewels (1886-1977)1920
Bronze
Height, 9 in. (22.5 cm)
Provenance
The Fine Art Society, London, by 1981;
David Buckman Esq.
Literature
Neville Jason, Lisa Thompson-Pharoah, The Sculpture of Frank Dobson (London, 1994), Cat. 14, No.2;
Hopper, R., 1981. True and Pure Sculpture: Frank Dobson (1886–1963), exhibition catalogue, 4 July – 9 August 1981, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge; Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham. Suffolk: Lavenham Press Limited, no. 26.
Exhibitions
Leicester Galleries, London, Albert Rutherston, Paintings: Jean-François Millet, Drawings and Studies; Frank Dobson, Sculpture and Drawings. November 1921. No.155 (another cast);
Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, Frank Dobson: Memorial Exhibition, Arts Council of Great Britain, London. No.11 (as ‘Woman’s Head’) (another cast);
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 10 October – 8 November 1981, 21 November 1981 – 3 January 1982;
City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham. Suffolk: Lavenham Press Limited, no. 26 (this cast).
Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, Frank Dobson: Memorial Exhibition, Arts Council of Great Britain, London. No.11 (as ‘Woman’s Head’) (another cast);
Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, True and Pure Sculpture: Frank Dobson (1886–1963). 5 September – 3 October 1981;
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 10 October – 8 November 1981, 21 November 1981 – 3 January 1982;
City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham. Suffolk: Lavenham Press Limited, no. 26 (this cast).