Live Auction 13765A Surreal Legacy: Selected works of art from The Edward James Foundation
A STATUARY MARBLE PLAQUE
Lot 81

A STATUARY MARBLE PLAQUE

BY THOMAS WALDO STORY (1855-1915), ROME 1889

Closed15 December 2016

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GBP 68,750

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A STATUARY MARBLE PLAQUE
BY THOMAS WALDO STORY (1855-1915), ROME 1889
Carved in the relief, depicting Bellerophon, Pegasus and the Chimera, signed and dated 'WALDO STORY/ROME 1889' (lower right), within an inverted breakfront and fluted oak frame
38 ½ in. (98 cm.) high; 52 ½ in. (133.5 cm.) wide; 5 in. (12.5 cm.) deep

Purchased by William James from Thomas Waldo Story in Rome, January/February 1884, for £108.

Specialist note

The Anglo-American sculptor Thomas Waldo Story (d. 1915) was born in and also subsequently trained in Rome. He enjoyed considerable patronage from eminent British families including the Rothschilds and the Astors, for whom he created the celebrated Fountain of Love at Cliveden, Buckinghamshire.