Lot 326
GILBERT BAYES (1872-1953)
'AN INVOCATION', CIRCA 1902
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
Auction: Lots 1 to 336 | 16th October at 10am
Description
bronze, dark brown patina, unsigned
Dimensions
70cm high
Footnote
Literature: Irvine L. and Atterbury P. Gilbert Bayes: Sculptor 1872-1953, Richard Dennis, 1988, p. 104-105, p. 104 illus.
The Studio, 1902 Vol 25, p. 278, illus.
Koch A. (ed.) Sculptures from "Academy Architecture", Academy Architecture, London 1905, p. 37, no. 838
Note: Gilbert Bayes' long and illustrious career began as a student under Sir George Frampton and Harry Bates at the Royal Academy Schools. As a result he became associated with the British New Sculpture movement and its focus on architectural sculpture, and was particularly influenced by Frampton and also by Alfred Gilbert. Like them, he was interested in polychromy in sculpture, the use of mixed materials and, especially in his early years, in Arthurian, Wagnerian and medieval subjects, as found in the present example.
This rare and possibly unique figure in bronze was exhibited at The Fine Art Society in 1902 (where the plaster version sold for £40); Birmingham 1903; Glasgow, Portrait Painters 1905; Royal Academy, Wolverhampton 1912; Leicester Galleries 1914; and Sculpture Gallery 1915 where sold.
