PROVENANCE -

The Fine Art Society, London, 1986.

EXHIBITED -

London, Grosvenor Galleries, Glyn Philpot and David Muirhead, 1923, no. 18 (another cast).

London, Tate Gallery, Exhibition of paintings and sculptures by the late Glyn Philpot, R.A. (1884-1937), July – August 1938, no. V (another cast).

London, Leicester Galleries, Paintings, drawings and sculptures by Glyn W. Philpot (1884-1937), September – October 1944, no. 109 (another cast).

London, Leighton House, Retrospective exhibition: drawings, paintings and sculpture by Glyn Philpot, R.A. 1884-1937, February 1959, no. 74 (another cast).

London, Clarges Gallery, Glyn Philpot, R.A.: exhibition of drawings & watercolours, April – May 1972, no. 27 (another cast).

London, National Portrait Gallery, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937: Edwardian Aesthete to Thirties Modernist, November 1984 – February 1985, no. 120 (another cast).

London, Leighton House, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937: The Bronzes, June – August 1986, p. 123, no. 85 (another cast).

London, Fine Art Society, Glyn Philpot, R.A., November 1997- January 1998, no. 69 (another cast).

LITERATURE -

A.C. Sewter, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937, London, 1951, pl.120 (another cast).

R. Gibson, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937: Edwardian Aesthete to Thirties Modernist, London National Portrait Gallery, 1984, p. 119, no. 120, illustrated (another cast).

Exhibition catalogue, Glyn Philpot 1884-193: The Bronzes, London, Leighton House, 1986, n.p., no. 6, illustrated (another cast).

Exhibition catalogue, Sculpture in Britain Between the Wars, London, Fine Art Society, 1986, p. 126, no. 85, illustrated (another cast).

Exhibition catalogue, Glyn Philpot, R.A., London, Fine Art Society, 1997, pp. 44, 52, no. 69, exhibited (another cast).

“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 1884-193: 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 Bridgeman, who was one of Philpot’s favourite models. The original wax maquette 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.