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Period: 1910s
Charming Bust of a Child’s Head by Edwin Whitney-Smith, Dated, 1910
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A charming bust of a child’s head by Edwin Whitney-Smith, dated 1910, the girl has her head slightly tilted forwards as she looks out from under a lock of hair, set on a square block signed on the reverse ‘E Whitney-Smith 1910’.
This bronze is a reduction of Whitney-Smith’s original marble piece, a photograph of which survives in the V&A (object number AAD/1990/12/63). Another version can be seen in a 1920s photograph of the artist in his studio owned by the National Portrait Gallery (NPG x194201). Neither the identity of the sitter nor title of the work is known.
Edwin Whitney-Smith (1880-1952) was one of the pre-eminent sculptors of his day. Born in Bristol in 1880, he became a student of William Harbutt, the headmaster of Bath School of Art, best remembered today for inventing plasticine. Whitney-Smith showed great promise from an early age, opening a studio in St John’s Wood, London, in 1910. He exhibited over 40 pieces at the Royal Academy and despite not achieving Academician status, even with list of illustrious proposers, he became a dear friend of Sir Alfred Munnings, the famous horse painter, and sculpted his portrait. He was, however, elected to the Royal Society of British Sculptors and his works were generally well-received by critics and the general public alike.
Aside from the RA, he exhibited in Bristol, at the Paris Salon and the Scottish Academy and his work attracted the attention of such important patrons as the Courtauld family. One of his most famous works, The Waking Child, is in the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull and another, The Irishman, is in the Tate. One version of his bust of Ernest Bevin, the trade unionist, stands in Tooley Street in Bermondsey to this day. An article in The Sphere, published on the 3rd of May 1924, referred to the sculptor as “a well-known sculptor of smiling children” and mentioned his “famous babies’ heads”.
Category
English Vintage 1910s Busts
Materials
Bronze
Antique Marble Bust of Dante
Located in Austin, TX
Bust of Dante Alighieri from France made of Carrara marble. This hand-carved sculpture portrays a lifelike Dante, the famous Florentine writer often described as the father of the It...
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French Vintage 1910s Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Bronze Bust Of a Noble Lady by Dominique Alonzo c1910
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Bronze Bust Of a Noble Lady by Dominique Alonzo
Date : c1910
Origin : France
Decoration : Marble base, ivory head
Size : Height 15.5cm, base 12.1 x 7.7
Condition : Excell...
Category
French Vintage 1910s Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian Majolica ceramic Bust of a Man - Roman Empire Style
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful white ceramic glazed bust of a man.
Depicting a man from the Roman Empire.
Estimated origin and date: France, circe 1910-1920.
Dimensions: 39 (h) x 41 (w) x 26 (d) cm....
Category
Italian Classical Roman Vintage 1910s Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Bronze Busts on Marble Stands of Babies, by Victor Heinrich Seifert
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Bronze Busts on Marble Stands of Babies, by Victor Heinrich Seifert (1870-1953)
Category
Vintage 1910s Busts
Materials
Bronze
Guglielmo Pugi Art Deco Marble "Snake Charmer", 1910
Located in Milano, IT
Magnificent Early Art Deco white marble female figure of a snake charmer "Charmeuse de Serpent" by Guglielmo Pugi, made circa 1910.
The nude snake charmer k...
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Italian Art Deco Vintage 1910s Busts
Materials
Marble
French Sevres Biscuit Porcelain Figure of a Nude "Le Repos" After Alfred Boucher
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Sevres biscuit (Bisc) porcelain figure of a recumbent nude lady titled "Le Repos" after a model by Alfred Boucher (French, 1850-1934) Sensually depicting a young w...
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French Rococo Vintage 1910s Busts
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Terra Cotta Bust from Dinard, Dated 1912
Located in Dallas, TX
This terra cotta bust of a monsignor from Dinard, France is signed by the artist with the accompanying date of 1912. An engraving under the left shoulder indicates that the bust was a gift to a Monsignor Blanchet, a well-respected parish priest of Dinard. Msgr Blanchet is depicted wearing a four peak...
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French Vintage 1910s Busts
Materials
Terracotta
After Giambologna - Scultura, Grande Gruppo Scultoreo "IL Ratto Delle Sabine" -
Located in Rome, IT
After Giambologna - Scultura, grande gruppo scultoreo "Il ratto delle Sabine" - 120 cm - Bronzo (dorato), Bronzo (patinato) - XX secolo.
Category
Vintage 1910s Busts
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century English Folk-art Hand Carved Gentleman Boxwood Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century English Folk-art Hand Carved Gentleman Figure
We are proud to offer a unique hand carved English folk-art figure of a quirky looking, very well dressed aged Engl...
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British Folk Art Vintage 1910s Busts
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Boxwood
Prince Paolo Troubetzkoy, Bust of a Boy, Impressionist Bronze Sculpture, 1915
By Prince Paul Troubetzkoy
Located in New York, NY
Signed & dated ‘Paul Troubetskoy ‘15’.
Original dark-brown patina.
Roman Bronze Works foundry stamp.
Dimensions:
Height: 12.5 inches (31.25cm)
Width: 11.5 inches (28.75cm)
Depth: 9 inches
Prince Paolo...
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Italian Expressionist Vintage 1910s Busts
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Bronze
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Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
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Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
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Located in Antwerp, BE
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Early 20th Century Painted Jugendstil Art Nouveau Plaster Mask by Karl Koch 1910
By Karl Koch
Located in Berlin, DE
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Antique Stone Bust of Athena
Located in Austin, TX
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