Linos

Details

Edward Onslow Ford R.A. (1852-1901)
Linos
signed 'E Onslow Ford'
bronze, mid-brown patina
30 3/8 in. (77.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's London, 20 November 1997, lot 127.

Literature

M. H. Dixon, 'Onslow Ford, ARA', in Magazine of Art, 1892, pp. 320-25.
E. Gosse, 'The New Sculpture', Art Journal, 1894, pp. 280-1.
M. H. Dixon, 'Onslow Ford, RA', Art Journal, 1898, pp. 294-7.
M. H. Spielmann, 'E. Onslow Ford, RA: In Memoriam', Magazine of Art, 1902, pp. 181-4.
S. Beattie, The New Sculpture, New Haven and London, 1983, p. 150.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

The full-size bronze version of Onslow Ford's Linos, now in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1884. Although the sculptor had made his debut in 1875, it was the current work which signalled the beginning of his career as one of the foremost artists of the New Sculpture movement.

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