Glyn Warren Philpot, R.A. (1884-1937)

Mask: The Dead Faun

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Glyn Warren Philpot, R.A. (1884-1937)
Mask: The Dead Faun
numbered '1/8' (on the base of the neck)
bronze with a black patina
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high, excluding marble base
Conceived in plaster circa 1920. The present work is 1/8 from the edition cast in 1986 by the Art Bronze Foundry for the Fine Art Society.

with Fine Art Society, London, where purchased by the present owner in July 1986.

A.C. Sewter, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937, London, 1951, pl. 120, another cast illustrated.
R. Gibson, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937 Edwardian Aesthete to Thirties Modernist, London, National Portrait Gallery, 1984, p. 119, no. 120, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937: The Bronzes, London, Leighton House, 1986, n.p., no. 6, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Sculpture in Britain Between the Wars, London, Fine Art Society, 1986, p. 123, no. 85, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Glyn Philpot R.A., London, Fine Art Society, 1997, pp. 44, 52, no. 69, another cast exhibited.

London, Grosvenor Galleries, Glyn Philpot and David Muirhead, 1923, no. 18, another cast exhibited.
London, Tate Gallery, Exhibition of paintings and sculpture by the late Glyn Philpot, R.A. (1884-1937), July - August 1938, no. V, another cast exhibited.
London, Leicester Galleries, Paintings, drawings and sculptures by Glyn W. Philpot (1884-1937), September - October 1944, no. 109, another cast exhibited.
London, Leighton House, Retrospective exhibition: drawings, paintings and sculpture by Glyn Warren Philpot, R.A. 1884-1937, February 1959, no. 74, another cast exhibited.
London, Clarges Gallery, Glyn Philpot, R.A.: exhibition of drawings & watercolours, April - May 1972, no. 27, another cast exhibited.
London, National Portrait Gallery, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937: Edwardian Aesthete to Thirties Modernist, November 1984 - February 1985, no. 120, another cast exhibited.
London, Leighton House, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937: The Bronzes, June - July 1986, no. 6, another cast exhibited.
London, Fine Art Society, Sculpture in Britain Between the Wars, June - August 1986, no. 85, another cast exhibited.
London, Fine Art Society, Glyn Philpot R.A., November 1997 - January 1998, no. 69, another cast exhibited.

Specialist note

'Above all things else, in my opinion, Mr Philpot gives us his best magic in his treatment of the mouth in any head he does, whether it is a modelled mask, a painting or a drawing: in its subtlety and psychology it baffles all our analysis - as we are baffled by a mouth drawn by Holbein' (George Sheringham, 1924, quoted in exhibition catalogue, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937: The Bronzes, London, Leighton House, 1986, n.p.).

This work is inspired by the performance Philpot saw of Nijinsky in 1913. The model is George Bridgman, who was one of Philpot's popular models. The original was was given to the 28th Earl of Crawford, 11th Earl of Balcarres by Daisy Philpot after her brother's death. The plaster cast of the work remains with the artist's family.

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