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Hand
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1936
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
body
couple
crouching
embracing
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
female
hand
kneeling
love
male
man
nudes
people
sex and relationships
society
woman
sculpture marble
The Hand
object: 940 × 838 × 457 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> 1936
<p><b>N04841</b> THE HAND 1936
<br/>
<br/>Not inscribed.
<br/>Bianco del mare, 37×33×18 (94×84×46).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1936.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1936 (1509).</p>
<p>The group represents a pair of lovers, the girl laying her hand on the boy's chest. The artist's daughter Winifred wrote (6 March 1962) that the hand represents the Hand of Fate.</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
<br/></p>

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actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults body couple crouching embracing emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas female hand kneeling love male man nudes people sex and relationships society woman