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Dryad
Artist: Eric Gill (1882 - 1940)
Location: Cecil Higgins Art Gallery
Date: 1925
Materials: stone
Dimensions: 21 x 14 x 5 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £20,155; tax remission)
Vendor: Mrs B A Stainton
Review number: 3574 (1991)
Provenance:
Charles Handley-Read.
Description:
Gill probably carved this nude female torso directly from the stone without making a preliminary model, as was his preferred method of working. This work exemplifies the artist's feeling for the texture of the stone and his fascination with the human body.
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