Lot 18
GILBERT BAYES (1872-1953) §
SAINT CHRISTOPHER CARRYING THE CHRIST CHILD, 2000
Auction: 10 October 2018 at 11:00 BST
£500
Description
bronze, inscribed in the bronze F.A.S. 1/8
41cm high
Footnote
Provenance: The Fine Art Society, London
Literature: Irvine, Louise and Atterbury, Paul, ‘Gilbert Bayes: Sculptor 1872-1953’, Richard Dennis 1988, p. 186 illus.
Note: First produced in 1953, this figure was inspired by the Royal Automobile Club Plaque d’Honneur of the same year. An edition of eight was cast by the Art Bronze Foundry, from the original bronze and plaster figure, held by the Bayes Trust, by The Fine Art Society in 2000, of which this is the first cast.