AN ENGLISH BRONZE FIGURE ENTITLED 'THE SLUGGARD'

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

细节

AN ENGLISH BRONZE FIGURE ENTITLED 'THE SLUGGARD'
Cast from the model by Frederic Leighton, early 20th Century

The naked youth standing and stretching, on a rectangular base signed Fred Leighton and inscribed FOUNDED BY J.W.SINGER & SONS FROME SOMERSET and PUBLISHED BY ARTHUR LESLIE COLLIE 39B OLD BOND STREET LONDON MAY 1ST 1890, with title inscription to front
5 7/8in. (14.9cm.) wide; 20¾in. (52.6cm.) high; 6 5/8in. (16.8cm.) deep

拍品专文

The present popular composition is based on Leighton's model, Giuseppe Valona, stretching and yawning. Leighton perfected the pose between 1882 and 1885 and the final life-size bronze was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1886. Smaller scale statuettes, probably cast from a plaster of 1882, were produced by Collie and these tend to be dated 6 May 1889 or 1 May 1990, as in the present example. This foundry went into decline shortly after 1900 when the copyright was sold to Singer of Frome.