Details
Frank Dobson (1888-1963)
Europa and the Bull
signed 'Dobson' (on the base)
terracotta
5 in. (12.7 cm.) long
Conceived in 1946 and cast in an edition of 5, three in bronze and two in terracotta.
Provenance
Leslie Good Esq.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 26 March 1993, lot 107.
with Gillian Jason, London.
with Jason & Rhodes, London, where purchased by the present owner in September 1998.
Literature
The Studio, 135, June 1948, p. 187, possibly other terracotta illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Frank Dobson: Memorial Exhibition, London, Arts Council Gallery, 1966, no. 71, possibly other terracotta illustrated.
N. Jason and L. Thompson-Pharoah, The Sculpture of Frank Dobson, London, 1994, p. 156, no. 198, other terracotta illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Frank Dobson Sculpture and Drawings, London, Jason & Rhodes, 1994, no. 11.
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, An Important Exhibition of Sculptures and Drawings by Frank Dobson C.B.E., R.A., November 1954, no. 80 as 'Europa', possibly other terracotta exhibited.
Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, Drawings and Small Sculptures by Frank Dobson 1886-1963, January - February 1966, no. 5, plaster exhibited. London, Arts Council Gallery, Frank Dobson: Memorial Exhibition, June - July 1966, no. 71, plaster exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Bradford, City Art Gallery, August 1966; Coventry, Herbert Art Gallery, September 1966; Gateshead, Shipley Art Gallery, October 1966; and Portsmouth, Cumberland House Museum, October - November 1966.
London, Jason & Rhodes, Frank Dobson Sculpture and Drawings, October - November 1994, no. 11.
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