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Dryad

Eric Gill

Art Funded
1991
Dimensions
21 x 14 x 5 cm
Vendor
Mrs B A Stainton
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.

Provenance

Charles Handley-Read.

Stone

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