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Old Horse
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1937
animals: actions
animals: mammals
horse
lying down
sculpture wood
Old Horse
object: 200 × 570 × 325 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> 1937
<p><b>N04900</b> OLD HORSE (?) 1937</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>Wych elm, h. 10 1/4 (26) on base, 24×14×2 7/8 (61×35·5×6).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1937.
<br/><i>Exh:</i>	R.A., 1937 (1535).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Apollo</i>, XXVI, 1937, p.40.</p>
<p>The artist wrote of this carving (7 August 1958) that it was inspired by a very old horse that he saw lying in the sun early one summer's morning in 1927. 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/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> made on the spot for this work was still in the artist's possession in 1958.</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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2004-10-06T00:00:00
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animals: actions animals: mammals horse lying down