Lot 354
AFTER ERIC GILL
ST MARTIN OF TOURS RELIEF
Auction: 4 April 2007 at 12:00 BST
£2,151
Description
patinated bronze relief panel, cast inscription 'St Martin/ Pray/ For Us'
Dimensions
45cm x 39cm
Footnote
Literature: Judith Collins, 'Eric Gill: the Sculpture', London 1998, pl. 249, pp 195-6
Note; This relief panel was originally commissioned in stone for Campion Hall Brewer Street Oxford in 1935, and executed from September - October of that year. The new building was designed by Edwin Lutyens and the plaque was unveiled on Armistice Day, 11th November 1935. A cast of the finished work was presumably taken at this time. In this relief St Martin has dismounted from his horse and is depicted in the act of tearing his cloak in half in order to share it with the naked beggar who seeks his help.