© The artist's estate, photo: Norman Taylor
Original plaster of 'The Fount'
Artist: Frank Dobson (1886 - 1963)
Location: Henry Moore Institute
Date: 1947-1948
Materials: patinated plaster
Dimensions: height: 165cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £7,500)
Vendor: Marcus Keith-Jopp
Review number: 5559 (2005)
Provenance:
By descent from artist.
Description:
Dobson's sculptures were designed to express traditional allegorical and even pious ideals through the understated expression and arrangement of young women and children. This work was shown at two key outdoor sculpture exhibitions at Sonsbeek in 1949 and at Middelheim in 1959.
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