Live Auction 22674Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale
FRANK DOBSON, R.A. (1886-1963)
Lot 146 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SIR KEITH AND LADY SHOWERING

FRANK DOBSON, R.A. (1886-1963)

Woman Waking

Closed21 March 2024

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GBP 20,160

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FRANK DOBSON, R.A. (1886-1963)
Dobson, F.
Woman Waking
bronze with a dark brown patina
13 ¼ in. (33.7 cm.) long
Conceived circa 1925.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 May 1965, lot 186, as 'Study of a Kneeling Woman'.
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, where purchased by the present owners in May 1965.

Specialist note

There are two known versions of this work, one (illustrated in Jason and Thompson-Pharoah's 1994 publication, The Sculpture of Frank Dobson) which is without the integral bronze base, and one (the present work) which is with the base. There are known to be at least three casts of the version with a base.