Bronze on wooden base
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Mother and Child
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1917
<p>Like Ricketts's 'Orpheus and Eurydice', displayed alongside, this small bronze shows the influence of Rodin's work. The intimacy of the subject and the dappled modelling of the surface both follow his example. Ricketts had seen Rodin's sculpture in Paris in 1890, and met him in 1903, when Rodin visited London as President of the International Society of Artists.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
sculpture bronze wooden
Mother and Child
object: 229 × 89 × 121 mm
Presented by the <a href="/search?gid=999999975" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Contemporary Art Society</a> 1917
<p>Like Ricketts's 'Orpheus and Eurydice', displayed alongside, this small <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/metal" title="Glossary definition for 'Metal'"><span>bronze</span></a> shows the influence of Rodin's work. The intimacy of the subject and the dappled modelling of the surface both follow his example. Ricketts had seen Rodin's <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculpture</span></a> in Paris in 1890, and met him in 1903, when Rodin visited London as President of the International Society of Artists.</p>
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<p><b>N03188</b> MOTHER AND CHILD <i>c.</i> 1905–10</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘CR’ in monogram l. back of seat.
<br/>Bronze, 9×3 1/4×4 7/8 (25×9×12), on a wooden base, 2 1/2×4 3/4×6 (7×11×15).
<br/>Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1917.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Presented to the C.A.S. by a member of the Committee 1911.
<br/><i>Exh: </i>(?) C.A.S., <i>First Public Exhibition in London</i>, Goupil Gallery, April 1913 (157), as ‘Bronze Statuette’.</p>
<p>Ricketts began working as a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculptor</span></a> about 1905, obviously under the influence of Rodin, who became President of the International Society in 1904.</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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