Leon Underwood (1890-1975)
The Matriarch (Creator)
signed and numbered 'Leon U 1/4' (at the front of the base)
terracotta
9 in. (22.8 cm.) wide, including base
Conceived in 1937.
Leon Underwood (1890-1975)
The Matriarch (Creator)
signed and numbered 'Leon U 1/4' (at the front of the base)
terracotta
9 in. (22.8 cm.) wide, including base
Conceived in 1937.
with Fine Art Society, London, where purchased by the present owner in March 2004.
B. Whitworth, The Sculpture of Leon Underwood, Aldershot, 2000, p. 132, no. 111, bronze cast illustrated.
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