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Barry Davies
Anatomical Study of the Horse

2018

About the Item

Passionate about anatomy and the natural form, Davies modelled this hunter/thoroughbred type horse in a way that exhibits the inherent beauty of its skeletal shape and musculature, where anatomy and artistic interpretation work together in harmony is subtly exemplified in the airspace between the canon bone and the digital flexor tendons of the fore and hind legs. This airspace would ordinarily be covered by the skin but is evident here in this study. The point Davies is trying to make in this sculpture is to exhibit and celebrate the anatomical mechanism of the horse hidden from view but revealed here in all its complexities and aesthetic magnificence. Modelled in clay and plastiline the horse was moulded and then cast in bronze at Castle Fine Arts foundry in Wales. Davies then hot patinated it with chemicals, applied a fixative spray followed by renaissance wax. He then mounted it on a black granite base. Green baize has been applied to the underneath of the base. the bronze is signed B.Davies, dated and numbered 1/25
  • Creator:
    Barry Davies (1962, British)
  • Creation Year:
    2018
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14.18 in (36 cm)Width: 16.93 in (43 cm)Depth: 4.73 in (12 cm)
  • Medium:
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Oswestry, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2437211866072
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