© Richard Slee
Toby as Abstraction
Artist: Richard Slee (born 1946)
Location: Walker Art Gallery
Date: 1994
Materials: earthenware
Dimensions: 43 x 22 x 22cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,500 (Total: £3,060)
Vendor: Barrett Marsden Gallery
Review number: 5405 (2004)
Provenance:
The artist
Description:
Slee explains that he is reinterpreting Toby in the spirit of the metal sculptor David Smith. The stylised curve of his black hat is his one recognisable feature. The Toby jug theme is part of Slee's questioning of Englishness and the continuing or changing meaning of English traditions.
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