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ALFRED DRURY
Lot 305

ALFRED DRURY

'THE AGE OF INNOCENCE', A MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST, 1914

Fermé29 October 2008

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GBP 21,250

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ALFRED DRURY
'THE AGE OF INNOCENCE', A MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST, 1914
depicting a young girl in contemporary dress with hair worn up, raised on shaped plinth, with later glass case and stand, signed in the marble A.DRURY.R.A. 1914
28in. (71cm.) high

Note du spécialiste

The model for the work was Gracie Doncaster, the younger daughter of one of Drury's good friends. Drury's study of a young girl received wide acclaim when exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1897, and a bronze edition soon followed.