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Psyche
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1922
actions: postures and motions
adults
classical myths: gods and heroes
female
hand / hands raised
nudes
people
Psyche
religion and belief
standing
woman
sculpture marble
Psyche
object: 1702 × 546 × 483 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1922
<p><b>N03630</b> PSYCHE <i>c</i>. 1919
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Alfred Turner’ on left of base.
<br/>Marble, 67×21 1/2×19 (170×55×48).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1922.
<br/><i>Exh:</i>
R.A., 1919 (1489).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Tate Gallery Illustrations</i>, 1928, pl.125; Kineton Parkes, <i>The Art of Carved Sculpture</i>, 1931, I, facing p.24; R.B.S., <i>Modern Sculpture</i>, 1939, p.96.</p>
<p>According to the Tate Gallery minutes this work was bought from a Miss Hayes, the purchaser of a number of works by Alfred Turner, but the R.A. records state that it was bought from the artist.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-07-16T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults classical myths: gods and heroes female hand / hands raised nudes people Psyche religion and belief standing woman